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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