Hunter H33 - Page 212

Hu
nt
e
r
33
• Glossar
y
1
5
.
4
L
eech
:
1, the a
f
ter ed
g
e o
f
a trian
g
le sail; 2, both side
e
d
g
es o
f
a square sail.
L
ee
h
e
l
m
:
the tendenc
y
of a boat to bear awa
y
from the
win
d.
L
ee shore
:
a
s
h
o
r
e
o
n t
o
whi
c
h th
e
win
d
b
l
o
w
s
.
L
eewar
d:
awa
y
from the wind; the direction to which the
win
d
b
l
o
w
s
.
L
eewa
y:
the sidewa
y
s movement o
f
a boat o
ff
its
c
ourse as a result of the wind blowin
g
on one side o
f
th
e
sa
il
s.
L
ifeline: a wire or rope ri
gg
ed around the deck to pre-
vent the crew fallin
g
overboard.
L
imber holes
:
g
aps le
f
t at the lower end o
f
f
rames
above the keel to allow water to drain to the lowest point
o
f the bil
g
es.
L
ist
:
a boat’s more or less permanent lean to one side,
o
win
g
to the improper distribution o
f
wei
g
ht, e.
g
., ballast
o
r w
a
t
e
r
.
L
o
g:
1, an instrument
f
or measurin
g
a boat’s speed and
distance traveled throu
g
h the water; 2, to record in a
book the details of a vo
y
a
g
e, usuall
y
distances covered
a
n
d
w
ea
th
e
r
.
L
uff: the
f
orward ed
g
e o
f
a sail. To lu
ff
up is to turn a
boat
’
s head ri
g
ht into the wind
.
Lu
ff
g
roove: a
g
roove in a wooden or metal spar into
whi
c
h th
e
l
uff
of
a
h
eadsa
il i
s
fed.
L
urc
h
: th
e
sudde
n r
o
ll
o
f
a
boa
t.
M
M
arlin s
p
ike
:
a pointed steel or wooden spike used to
o
pen up the strands o
f
rope or wire then splicin
g
.
M
ast Ste
p:
th
e
soc
k
e
t in whi
c
h th
e
base
o
f th
e
m
as
t i
s
l
oca
t
ed.
M
easured mile
:
a
d
i
s
t
a
n
ce
of
o
n
e
n
au
ti
ca
l mil
e
m
ea
-
sured between buo
y
s or transits/ran
g
es ashore, and
m
a
rk
ed
o
n th
e
c
h
a
rt.
M
ember
:
a part o
f
the skeleton o
f
the hull, such as a
strin
g
er laminated into fiber
g
lass hull to stren
g
then it
.
M
eridian
:
an ima
g
inar
y
line encirclin
g
the Earth that
passes throu
g
h the poles and cuts at ri
g
ht an
g
les
throu
g
h the Equator. All lines of lon
g
itude are meridians.
M
izzen
:
1, the shorter, a
f
ter-mast on a ketch or
y
awl; 2,
th
e
fo
r
e
a
n
d
af
t
sa
il
se
t
o
n thi
s
m
as
t
.
N
N
ave
l
pip
e
:
a metal pipe in the foredeck throu
g
h which
the anchor chain passes to the locker below.
Noon Si
g
ht
:
a vessel’s latitude can be
f
ound, usin
g
a
sextant, when a heavenl
y
bod
y
on the observer
’
s merid-
ian is at its
g
reatest altitude. The si
g
ht o
f
the sun at
noon is the one most
f
requentl
y
taken.
O
Off the wind: with the sheets slacked off, not close-
h
au
l
ed
.
On the wind
:
c
l
ose
-h
au
l
ed.
Out haul
:
a rope used to pull out the
f
oot o
f
a sail.
Overall len
g
th
(
OAL
):
the boat
’
s extreme len
g
th, mea-
sured
f
rom the
f
oremost past o
f
the bow to the a
f
termost
part o
f
the stern, excludin
g
bowspirt, sel
f
-steerin
g
g
ear
e
t
c.
P
P
ainter
:
the bow line b
y
which a din
g
h
y
, or tender, is
t
o
w
ed
o
r m
ade
fas
t.
Pi
nt
l
e
:
a rudder fittin
g
with a lon
g
pin that fits into the
g
ud
g
eon to
f
orm a hin
g
ed pivot
f
or the rudder.
P
itch: 1, the up and down motion o
f
the bows o
f
a boat
plun
g
in
g
over the waves; 2, the an
g
le of the propeller
b
l
ades.
P
oint of sailin
g:
the di
ff
erent an
g
les
f
rom which a boat
ma
y
sail; the boat’s course relative to the direction o
f
th
e
win
d
.
P
ort
:
the le
f
t-hand side o
f
the boat, lookin
g
f
orward
(
opp. of starboard
)
.
P
ort tack
:
a boat is on a port tack when the wind strikes
the port side
f
irst and the mainsail is out to starboard. A
b
oat on t
h
e port tac
k
gi
ves wa
y
to a
b
oat on a star
b
oar
d
t
ac
k.
P
osition line/ Line of
p
osition: a line drawn on a chart,
as a result of takin
g
a bearin
g
, alon
g
which the boat’s
position must be, i.e. two position lines
g
ive a
f
ix.
P
ulpit
:
a metal
g
uard rail
f
itted at the bows o
f
a boat to
provide safet
y
for the crew.
P
ush
p
it
:
a metal
g
uard rail
f
itted at the stern.
Q
Quarter
:
the portion o
f
the boat midwa
y
between the
stern an
d
t
h
e
b
eam; on t
h
e quarter means a
b
out
4
5
de
g
rees aba
f
t the beam
.
R
Rake
:
the
f
ore and a
f
t deviation
f
rom the perpendicular
o
f
a
m
as
t
o
r
o
th
e
r f
ea
t
u
r
e
o
f
a
boa
t.
Ran
g
e
:
1, see transit; 2, o
f
tides, the di
ff
erence between
the hi
g
h and low water levels o
f
a tide; 3, the distance at
w
hi
c
h
a
ligh
t can
b
e seen.
Ratin
g
: a method o
f
measurin
g
certain dimensions o
f
a
y
acht to enable it to take part in handicap races
.
R
eac
h:
to sa
il
w
i
t
h
t
h
e w
i
n
d
approx
i
mate
ly
on t
h
e
b
eam;
all sailin
g
points between runnin
g
and close-hauled.
Reef
:
to reduce the sail area b
y
f
oldin
g
or rollin
g
surplus
material on the boom or foresta
y
.
Reefin
g
pennant
:
stron
g
line with which the lu
ff
or
leech crin
g
le is pulled down to the boom when ree
f
in
g.
Rh
um
b
li
ne: a
li
ne cutt
i
n
g
a
ll
mer
idi
ans at t
h
e same
an
g
le; the course
f
ollowed b
y
a boat sailin
g
in a
f
ixed
d
ir
ec
ti
o
n.
Ridi
n
g
ligh
t to anc
h
or
ligh
t: an a
ll
-aroun
d
w
hi
te
ligh
t,
usuall
y
hoisted on the
f
oresta
y
, to show that a boat