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Nautical Terms

sail

published 2023-05-12 13:43

updated 2023-05-12 16:54

Directions

  • Windward
  • Leeward
  • Ahead
  • Port bow
  • Port beam
  • Port quarter
  • Starboard bow
  • Starboard beam
  • Starboard quarter
  • Astern

Parts of a Sailing Ship

  • Bow (front)
  • Stern (back)
  • Jib / Genoa
  • Pulpit
  • Forstay
  • Anchor
  • Topsides
  • Bowline
  • Cleat
  • Jib sheet
  • Mast
  • Boom
  • Guard Rails
  • Fenders
  • Keel
  • Rudder
  • Backstay
  • Winch
  • Pushpit
  • Mainsheet
  • (jib / mainsheet) Travellers
  • Tiller / Steering wheel
  • Spinnaker

Parts of the Sail

  • Head
  • Luff
  • Leech
  • Foot
  • Tack
  • Clew
  • Shrouds
  • Telltales
  • Backstay
  • Forestay
  • Mainsheet system
  • Reefing pennant

Types of Knots

  • Figure eight
  • Rolling hitch
  • Clove hitch
  • Bowline
  • Round turn and two half hitches
  • Single sheet bend
  • Reef knot
  • Double sheet bend