Reeve—To pass a rope through a block or a hole of any kind.
Roach—The curved part of the foot of a sail.
Rockered keel—A keel whose ends curve upward.
Running bowsprit—A bowsprit so fitted as to run in or out and reef.
Serve—To cover a rope with spunyarn.
Shake out a reef—To untie the reef points and set the sail.
Sheathing—The copper or other metal nailed on the bottom of a vessel.
Sheave—The grooved wheel in a block or in the sheave hole of a spar over which the rope passes.
Sheet—The rope by which the clew of a sail is secured.
Snotter—An eye strop used to support the heel of a sprit.