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38 relations: Aluminium, Brace (sailing), Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, Clewlines and buntlines, Course (navigation), Course (sail), Flemish horse, Footrope, Fore-and-aft rig, Full-rigged ship, Gasket (sailing), Glossary of nautical terms, Gunter, Halyard, Lateen, Latitude, Life (magazine), Lug sail, Lugger, Lunch, Mast (sailing), Oxford English Dictionary, Rigging, Rudyard Kipling, Rum ration, Safety harness, Sail, Sheet (sailing), Ship of the line, Shroud (sailing), Southern Ocean, Spar (sailing), Square (sailing), Square rig, Tall ship, Tall Ships' Races, Windjammer, Windward and leeward.
Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Brace (sailing)
A brace on a square-rigged ship is a rope (line) used to rotate a yard around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
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Carbon fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, carbon fiber reinforced plastic or carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP or often simply carbon fiber, carbon composite or even carbon), is an extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastic which contains carbon fibers.
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Clewlines and buntlines
Clewlines and buntlines are lines used to handle the sails of a square rigged ship.
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Course (navigation)
In navigation, a vessel's or aircraft's course is the cardinal direction along which the vessel or aircraft is to be steered.
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Course (sail)
In sailing, a course is the lowermost sail on a mast.
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Flemish horse
A Flemish horse is a footrope on a square rigged sailing ship that is found at the extreme outer end of the yard.
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Footrope
Each yard on a square or gaff rigged sailing ship is equipped with a footrope for sailors to stand on while setting or stowing the sails.
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Fore-and-aft rig
A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it.
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Full-rigged ship
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is term of art denoting a sailing vessel's sail plan with three or more masts, all of them square-rigged.
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Gasket (sailing)
In sailing, gaskets are lengths of rope or fabric used to hold a stowed sail in place.
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Glossary of nautical terms
This is a partial glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, while many date from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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Gunter
In sailing, a gunter is used for two main configurations of rig.
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Halyard
In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard.
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Lateen
A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction.
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Latitude
In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface.
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Life (magazine)
Life was an American magazine that ran regularly from 1883 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 2000.
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Lug sail
The lug sail, or lugsail, is a fore-and-aft, four-cornered sail that is suspended from a spar, called a yard.
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Lugger
A lugger is a class of boat, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, England and Scotland.
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Lunch
Lunch, the abbreviation for luncheon, is a meal typically eaten at midday.
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Mast (sailing)
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the main historical dictionary of the English language, published by the Oxford University Press.
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Rigging
Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support a sailing ship or sail boat's masts—standing rigging, including shrouds and stays—and which adjust the position of the vessel's sails and spars to which they are attached—the running rigging, including halyards, braces, sheets and vangs.
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Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12 was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
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Rum ration
The rum ration (also called tot) was a daily amount of rum given to sailors on Royal Navy ships.
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Safety harness
A safety harness is a form of protective equipment designed to protect a person, animal, or object from injury or damage.
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Sail
A sail is a tensile structure—made from fabric or other membrane materials—that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.
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Sheet (sailing)
In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail.
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Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside firepower to bear.
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Shroud (sailing)
On a sailboat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side.
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Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
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Spar (sailing)
A spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail.
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Square (sailing)
The term to square a yard is used when sailing a square-rigged ship.
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Square rig
Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts.
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Tall ship
A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel.
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Tall Ships' Races
The Tall Ships' Races are races for sail training "tall ships" (sailing ships).
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Windjammer
A windjammer is a collective name for a general class of large sailing ship built to carry bulk cargo for long distances in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
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Windward and leeward
Windward is the direction upwind from the point of reference, alternatively the direction from which the wind is coming.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_(sailing)
