GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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toward
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rear
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ASYMMETRICAL.
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not symmetrical.
On
Prindle hulls - flat
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. . thin, narrow strip of material used to stiffen the
shape
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BEAT
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to sail to windward.
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. roller
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pulley.
BOOM
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aluminum
tube
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holds
the
foot of
the
mainsail
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attaches
to
the
mast
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the
forward
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of the hull.
CAPSIZE
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to
turn
boat
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device which
secures
a line
or
rope
by jamming
or
tieing
off.
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. lower, rear
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sailing close
to
the
eye of
the
wind.
CROSSBAR
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. aluminum
tube
connecting
two sides
together
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CURF
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groove
in
boom
, mast
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crossbar.
DIAMOND
WIRE
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wire
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attaches to mast
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spreaders
to Gontrol mast
bend
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DOWNHAUL
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. line used
to
pull down
the
tack of a sail.
DOWNWIND
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sailing away from
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wind.
EYE
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. exact direction
the
wind
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blowing from.
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bottom
edge
of sail.
FORE
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. from
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bow to
the
stern.
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. . forward wire supporting mast.
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. fitting
connect
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the
boom
to
the
mast.
GROMMET
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metal ring
set
into a sail.
GUDGEON
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fitting bolted
through
transom
of hull for attaching
the
rudder
system.
HALYARD
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. . . line
or
wire used
to
hoist
and
lower sail.
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a
support
worn while
hooked
to
trapeze
wire.
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top
of sail.
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to
steer
the
boat
away from
the
wind.
HEAD TO WIND
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also referred to as "in irons" - pointing with bows directly into
the
wind.
HEAD UP
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to
steer
the
boat
into the wind.
HELM
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tiller which controls
the
rudders
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HIKE
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to position weight as far as possible
to
windward.
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to pull up.
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IRONS
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heading directly into
the
eye of
the
wind,
unable
to
tack
or
go forward.
JIBE
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. . . also gybe, to
change
course
of
boat
without tacking.
LEE
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side falling away from
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wind.
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. back
edge
of sail.
LEE
HELM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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tendancy
of boat
to
turn away from
the
wind.
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side away from
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LINE
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rope
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mainsail
not
held to a
boom
for its
ent
ire length.
LUFF
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leading
edge
of sail,
or
flagging of sails
due
to
improper
trim
or
heading
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MAST
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aluminum
tube
used to
support
sails.
MAST
RAKE
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positioning
the
top of
the
mast fore
or
aft in relation to straight up
and
down.
OUTHAUL .
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system used
to
pull clew of mainsail away from mast.
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pin which holds
rudder
casting
onto
· gudgeons.
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the
left side.
REACHING
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. to sail across
the
direction of
the
wind.
REEFING
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to
reduce
sail area.
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. lines, wires
and
spars
used
for
support
and
operation
of mast
and
sails.
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