Snorter or snotter. A rope strap into which the heel of a sprit is slipped.
Soldier’s wind. A beam wind.
Spill. To throw the wind out of a sail.
Splice. A method of joining two objects together so the joint is no larger than the rest of the object.
Spring. To crack or bend a spar. A rope made fast to a cable, to some spot ashore, to a buoy or mooring, or to another vessel and then led aft in order to swing a vessel’s stern in any desired direction. To start a plank. To start a leak.
Sprit. A light spar used to extend a sail.
Squatting. Settling down by the stern.
Starboard. The right-hand side.
Stay. A rope or wire used as a support to a spar.
Sternboard. To move backward stern first.