Sailing

by E. F. Knight

Wash-boards.—Board placed above the gunwale of a boat to keep the water out.

Water-ways.—The long timbers running fore and aft that divide the decks from the vessel’s sides.

Weather Helm.—A ship is said to carry weather helm when she has a tendency to come up into the wind, and requires the tiller to be kept to windward so as to counteract this.

Whip.—A purchase formed by a rope rove through a single block.

Yaw.—When a vessel goes off her course first to one side then to the other.

INDEX.

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [R], [S], [T], [U], [V], [W], [Y], [Z]

A
Admiralty charts, [113]
Admiralty tide tables, [127]
Almanac, Pearson’s Nautical, [110], [127]
America, sailing in, [44].
See also Florida, etc.
American yachts, [21]
Anchor, the, [85];
foul, [73];
a floating, [74];
Trotman’s, [86]
Aneroid barometer, [130]
Azimuth compass, the, [123]
B
Backstay, [6]
Balance lug, the, [33]
Balance reef, [38]
Ballast, [23], [82]
Barometer, the aneroid, [130];
Admiral Fitzroy’s rules, [131]
Battened sails, [28]
Beaching boats, [75], [79]
“Bear away!” order to, [108]
“Bear up!” order to, [108]
Bends, the common, and the carrick, [11]
Berthon collapsible boat, the, [72]
Bight of a rope, [10]
Binnacle, the, [114]
Blackwall hitch, the, [11]
Board of Trade Regulations, [106]
Boarding, [82]
Bobstay, the, [6]
Boom, the, [5], [32], [45]
Bowline knot, [13]
Bowsprit, [5];
of a cutter, [42]
Broaching to, [76]
Bumpkin, the, [30],
Burgee, the, [60]
C
Cabin, the, of a yacht, [94]
Carrick bend, the, [11]
Capsize, to, halyards, [59]
Cat rig, the, [36]
Caulking, Tagg’s, [93]
Cement in the boat, [4]
Centre-boards, [16], [20], [24]
Centre of rotation, [18]
Channel, weather in the, [130]
Channels of a boat, [6]
Charts, [109], [110], [113]
Choice of a boat, [1]
Clew, the, [44]
Clove hitch, the, [13]
Coasting, [109];
in North Sea, [110]
Code Signal Book, [106]
Collapsible boat, a Berthon, [72]
Compass, the azimuth, [123];
Dent’s spirit, [114];
the mariner’s, [113]
Constants, tidal, [128]
Corinthian matches, [144]
Counters, [27]
Cringle, the, [6]
Cross bearings, [119]
Cross section, the, [20]
Customs landing-stage, Gravesend, [106]
Customs officers and yachtsmen, [106]
Cutter, rigging of a, [42]
D
Dent’s spirit compass, [114]
Dinghy, the, [72];
towing a, [71]
Dipping lug, the, [30]
Distress, signals of, [105]
Dogger Bank, a boat for the, [54]
Drogue anchor, the, [74]
Dry-rot and ventilation, [87], [91]
Dutch waterways, boats for, [55]
E
Elbe, the, headwinds at its mouth, [123]
Enamel paints for cabin, [95]
Eye splice, the, [9]
F
False keels, [25]
Fid, the, [42]
“Fine Run,” [19]
Finisterre, Cape, fishing rules north of, [100]
Fisherman’s bend, [14]
Fishing rules, north of Cape Finisterre, [100]
Fitzroy, Admiral, his rules as to the barometer, [131]
Flags, International Code of, [106].
See also Signals
Florida, sailing in, [37]
Fog signals, [102]
Foot sails, [6]
Fore halyards, [43]
Foresail, the, [6]
Forestay, the, [5]
Foul anchor, [73]
Foul hawse, a, [73]
G
Gaff, the, [45]
Gammon iron, the, [42]
Glossary of nautical terms, [146]
Gooseneck, the, [45]
Granny, a, [10]
Gravesend, the Customs landing-stage there, [106]
Gripe of a boat, [17]
Griping, [63]
Grommet, the, [9], [36]
H
Half-decked boats, [22]
Half-hitches, [13]
Halyards, [6], [43]
“Handy Billy,” [87]
Harwich to Rotterdam, the voyage and the weather, [129]
Head-sails, [6], [137]
Heel rope, the, [49]
Hitches, [11]
Hoops, the, [45]
Horse, the, of a foresheet, [46]
Hounds, [5]
Hygrometer, the, [130]
I
Inventory for a boat, [90]
J
Jib halyards, [43]
Jib-head topsail, [137]
Jib outhaul, the, [43]
Jib-sail, [6]
Jibe, a, [32]
K
Keels, false, [25]
Knots, [6]
L
Lamps for yachts, [102]
Lantern for yacht, [101]
Laws of the sea, [97].
See also Rules
Laying up for winter, [89]
Leach sails, [6]
Lead line, the, [118]
Lee-boards, [16], [25]
Lee-helm, [17]
Leeway, [124]
Leg of mutton sail, [32]
Leg, short, in sailing, [18];
long leg, ib.
Lifeboat Institution, the National, [75]
Lifeboats of the P. and O. steamers, [55]
Lights at sea, rules as to, [97]
“Log, heaving the,” [117]
Log ship and line, the, [116]
Long leg, [18]
“Lubber’s line,” the, [114]
Luff sails, [6]
Lug sails and head sails, [138]
Lugs, [30]
M
Mainsail, the, [6], [136];
scandalizing a, [63]
Mainsheet, fitting a, [47]
Mainshrouds, [5]
Maintack tackle, [45]
“Mare’s tails,” [133]
Mariner’s compass, the, [113]
Mast, the, [5]
Measurement of yachts, [135]
Mercator’s chart, [109]
Meteorological Office weather forecasts, [130]
Mexico, the Gulf of, sailing in, [37]
Mildew in sails, [87]
Mooring, [73]
N
National Lifeboat Institution, [75]
Nautical Almanac, Pearson’s, [110], [127]
Nautical terms, a glossary of, [146]
North Sea, coasting in the, [110];
sailing in the, [74], [126]
O
Open boats, [22]
Orders at sea, [107]
Overhand knot, [10]
P
Paraffin versus colza oil lamps for yachts, [102]
Parrel, the, [45]
Peak halyards, [6]
Pearson’s Nautical Almanac, [110], [127]
Peninsular and Oriental steamers, their lifeboats, [55]
Pilot signals, [108]
Pilots, services of, [106]
Porpoises and stormy weather, [133]
“Port!” the order, [107]
Portland Breakwater, [128]
Preventer backstays, [49]
Pump-well, the, [85]
R
Reef, the balance, [38]
Reef knot, [10]
Reef pennant, [6]
Reef points, [6]
Rigging of a cutter, [42]
Rigging, setting up, [86]
Rigging small boats, [29]
Rolling hitch, [11]
Rope, standing part of a, [10]
Ropes, [6]
Rotation of a boat, the centre of, [18]
Rotterdam and Harwich, the weather between, [129]
Rowing to seaward, [75]
Rudder, the, [18]
Rules of steering and sailing, [103]
Rules of the road for yacht racing, [141]
“Run, fine,” of a boat, [19]
Runners, [6]
Running before a surf, [78]
Running bowline, [14]
S
Sailing, rules of, [103]
Sails, [6];
battened, [28];
mildew in, [87];
stretching new, [88].
See also Mainsails, lug sails, leg of mutton sails, etc.
Scandalizing a mainsail, [63]
Sea, laws of the, [97];
lights at, [97];
orders at, [107];
a phosphorescent, [133];
rules of the road at, [141]
Sea birds, flight of, [133]
Selvage strops, [51]
Short leg, [18]
Shrouds, [5]
Signal Book, Code, [106]
Signals, of distress, [105];
fog, [102];
pilot, [108]
Sloop, the, [39]
Snotter, the, [29]
Snow on deck, [90]
Spars, [6]
Speed, [20]
Splicing, [8]
Spinnaker boom, the, [49]
Spinnaker halyard, the, [50]
Spinnaker sail, the, [70]
Sprit, the, [29]
Spritsail, the, [32]
Spritsail rig, the, [28]
Standing lug, the, [31]
“Starboard!” the order, [107]
Stays, [5]
Steering, rules of, [103]
Sterns, square and pointed, [27]
Stormy weather, [133]
Strands of a rope, [7]
Surf, running before a, [78]
T
Tack, rope, [34]
Tack tricing, [44]
Tacking, [17];
across the sea, [119]
Tagg’s caulking, [93]
Terms, nautical, glossary of, [146].
See also separate terms, and under Inventory.
Thames’ mouth, variation of compass at, [115]
Thames, yachtsmen entering the, [106]
Theory of sailing, [15]
Throat halyards, [43]
Throat of a sail, [6]
Tidal constants, [128]
Tide tables, Admiralty, and Pearson’s, [127]
Tides, [126]
Tiller, the, [53]
Time allowance of yachts, etc., [139]
Tonnage of yachts, [135]
Topmast, a, [49]
Topping lift, the, [6]
Topsail halyard bend, [14]
Trotman’s anchor, [86]
Tyers, [58]
U
Una rig, [36], [135]
Unmoor, to, [74]
V
Ventilation and dry-rot, [87], [91]
W
Watch tackle, [87]
Weather forecasts, [130]
Weather helm, [17]
Weather wisdom, [129]
Well, the, of a yacht, [91]
“Wind dogs,” [133]
Y
Yacht, the, [56]
Yacht racing, [134]
Yacht Racing Association, rules, etc., [135], [146]
Yacht Racing Calendar and Review, [30]
Yarmouth, sailing from, [123]
Yarns of hemp, [7]
Yawl, the, [52]
Yawl sails, [137]
Z
Zuyder Zee, boats for the, [55]

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