A Dictionary of Sea Terms (1919)Read Books Ltd, 16 Apr 2013 - 340 halaman This vintage book is an exhaustive and profusely illustrated dictionary of nineteenth- and eighteen-century nautical terminology. “A Dictionary of Sea Terms” will appeal to those with an interest in sailing, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Many old books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sailing. |
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... mizzen, or spinnaker booms. They constitute the only means whereby such sails can be taken beyond the sides, or taffrail; and they moreover help to stand the sails flat. As an example, for the fittings of a boom we may take that of the ...
... mizzen, or spinnaker booms. They constitute the only means whereby such sails can be taken beyond the sides, or taffrail; and they moreover help to stand the sails flat. As an example, for the fittings of a boom we may take that of the ...
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... mizzen sail is worked, or as a diminutive bowsprit for an open sailing boat. In the latter case, it is often of iron and fits over the stempost, being fitted with a hook at the forward end, to take a foresail or the tack of a dipping ...
... mizzen sail is worked, or as a diminutive bowsprit for an open sailing boat. In the latter case, it is often of iron and fits over the stempost, being fitted with a hook at the forward end, to take a foresail or the tack of a dipping ...
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... mizzen, and foresail; and their sails are often battened—that is, have battens, or splines, sewn in across them, both to keep them flat and to help in reefing them. Many fantastic devices may be indulged in with canoes, and some have a ...
... mizzen, and foresail; and their sails are often battened—that is, have battens, or splines, sewn in across them, both to keep them flat and to help in reefing them. Many fantastic devices may be indulged in with canoes, and some have a ...
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... mizzen. Counterstay.—One or more small timbers or stays projecting aft of the stempost of a vessel to take the ... mizzen sails will be the courses; the bark is without the mizzen course; the barkentine has but the fore course. COURSES ...
... mizzen. Counterstay.—One or more small timbers or stays projecting aft of the stempost of a vessel to take the ... mizzen sails will be the courses; the bark is without the mizzen course; the barkentine has but the fore course. COURSES ...
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... mizzen sail for passing short lanyards in reefing, and are then called reef cringles. If the ropes are left permanently in these cringles, as is sometimes the case, they are called reef pendants; while ropes hanging from the head of a ...
... mizzen sail for passing short lanyards in reefing, and are then called reef cringles. If the ropes are left permanently in these cringles, as is sometimes the case, they are called reef pendants; while ropes hanging from the head of a ...
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2/6 per post anchor barges barkentine beam belayed block boom bowsprit Brande and Cox Brown’s cable canvas carried chain clew closehauled cutter deck diagrams under FRAME employed fishing fitted flag fore foreandaft rigged foresail forestay forward futtock gaff gunwale halyards hauled head head sails helm hoisted hole iron keel keelson knot large vessels leech lower mainsail mast means mizzen Nautical oars open boat passing piece planks port Price racing reef reef band reef knot river rope round rowing rowlocks rudder running sailing boat schooner sheet ship ship’s shipbuilding shrouds side signal small craft Smyth sometimes called spar spinnaker splicing square rigged square sails standing starboard stay stem stern strakes studding sails tack tackle term Thames Thames skiffs tide tiller timber topmast topsail trysail usually weather wind windward word yacht yard yarn yawl