To Make a Stern-Board.—To move through the water stern foremost.
Bob-Stays.—Ropes from the cut-water, or stem, to the bowsprit end, to sustain and strengthen it.
Bolt-Ropes.—Ropes sewn round the edges of the sails, to keep them from splitting.
Booms.—Round pieces of timber on which the foot of sails are lashed.
Bows.—The round part of the yacht forward, ending in the cut-water, or stem.
To Bouse.—To haul upon.
Bowsprit.—A spar nearly parallel with the deck, extending out over the stem.
To Bring Up.—To take the bottom suddenly, as brought up by a shoal; to come to an anchor.
To Bring To.—To make the yacht nearly stationary by stopping her headway by means of the sails set in different positions, so as to counterpoise each other in connection with the helm.
Butt End.—The end of a plank in a yacht's side; to start a butt, i.e., to leak.