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Glossary

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barque A sailing ship with cable-laid A very thick rope
three masts, fitted with square made of at least three
sails on the two foremost hawser-laid ropes twisted
masts and a fore-and-aft sail together (page 20).
on the rearmost mast. centreboard A retractable keel
beamshelf The timber that pivoted near its front edge to
goes around the inside edge of enable it to swing upwards
a wooden hull to support the either directly under the hull,
deck beams. or within a case inside the
belay To make fast a line by hull.
winding it onto a cleat or pin. coir A natural fibre made from
belaying pin A wooden or coconut shells.
metal bar which is inserted cringle A reinforced ring or
into a rail or bracket and used grommet set into the sail and
to make fast a line. used to attach it to the spars fore-and-aft Lining up with hitch A type of knot used
bend A type of knot used to tie and rigging. the vessel lengthways, ie from to attach a line to an object
two lines together (page 22). front to back rather than from (page 22).
bight a) The part of a line in D side to side.
between the two ends; b) an davit A small crane fitted on a frapping turns Lashings wound J
open loop in which the two ship to hoist dinghies, anchors around at right angles to the jackyards A short spar used to
legs are not crossed. and other cargo. wrapping turns (see below) in extend the sail area beyond
block A pulley used to change deadeye A thick disk of wood order to tighten and secure the scope of the existing spars.
the direction of a line or as with three holes drilled them. jammer A fitting used to lock
part of a tackle (see below) to through it. One is attached to a halyard or other part of the
gain mechanic advantage. the ship’s rigging (specifically G running rigging instead of
bolt ropes Rope stitched along the shrouds) and the other genoa A large triangular sail a cleat.
the edge of a sail, either to to the ship’s side, and a line is set in front of the mast which jib A small triangular sail set
give protection against chafe rove between them to tension overlaps the mainsail. in front of the mast which
or to enable the sail to be set the rigging. does not overlap the mainsail.
in a groove in a spar or in ditty bag A cloth bag used H junk Old rope no longer fit for
roller reefing. to hold tools or personal halyard A line used to hoist purpose which is used for
boom A hinged spar fixed belongings. a sail or flag. making mats, fenders or
to the bottom of the mast, Dyneema A high-tech hawser A large rope used caulking.
used to stretch out the foot synthetic modern fibre used to moor or to tow a ship. jury mast A temporary spar,
of the sail. to make ropes. It is said to be hawser-laid When a rope is often made out of a boom or
bosun’s chair A chair made 15 times as strong as steel, made of three strands of spinnaker pole, rigged in
either of canvas or wood weight for weight. right-twisting rope, twisted place of the normal mast
which is hung from a rope together in a left-hand when it has broken.
and used to hoist a ship’s crew E direction. Also known as
aloft or to lower them over elbow A loop with an extra plain-laid. L
the side. twist (page 22). heaving line A thin line which lanyard a) a short length of
bowsprit A spar attached to is tied to a much thicker line decorated cord attached to a
the front of the vessel to F (usually a mooring warp). The tool or instrument to prevent
which the foremost rigging is fairleads A metal fitting heaving line is thrown ashore it getting lost; b) a length of
attached. through which lines are and then used to pull the rope attached between a pair
buntline A line which hangs passed to prevent chafe on mooring line from the ship to of deadeyes (see above) to
down the leeward side of a the vessel’s structure. the shore. tension the rigging.
square sail and is used to fid A tapered pin, usually high-modulus A material that lighterman A worker
prevent the sail billowing made of wood or bone, used has a high resistance to being employed to transfer cargo on
while it is being furled. to separate the strands of rope deformed and therefore and off ships, especially on
while splicing (page 18). remains stiff under a load. the River Thames in London.

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