Channels.—Stout pieces of timber bolted on the outside of a vessel, to which the dead-eyes of the rigging are fastened.
Chock a Block.—When the upper and lower blocks of a tackle touch each other and one can hoist no higher.
Clew.—The lower after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Clip-hook.—A metal eye, with two hooks attached to it, working on the same pivot, so that they overlap when closed.
Close-hauled.—Said of a vessel when she is sailing as close to the wind as possible.
Coamings.—A raised ledge round the well of a boat to prevent the water running in.
Cranse-iron.—An iron hoop at the bowsprit end, with eyes fitted to it, to which the bobstay and topmast stay are fastened.
Cringle.—A rope eye spliced into the bolt rope of a sail enclosing an iron thimble, through which a reef earing is rove.
Crown of an Anchor.—Where the arms and shank join.
Crutch.—A wooden support for the main-boom when the mainsail is furled.