Appendix | GLOSSARY / INDEX


INDEX A (Alpha)


Accidental jibes, 56, 64 Aground, 104–5, 107, 109, 113 Aids to navigation. See atons Anchor, 7, 10, 83–85, 108–10 Anchor line, 7, 83 Anchor rode, 26, 84, 107, 110 Angle to wind, 36–37 Astern, 58, 90, 104, 107–8 Atons (aids to navigation), 87–88, 94, 112–13 Auxiliary power, 6–7


B (Bravo) Backwind, 77, 99 Balance, 21–23, 34, 65, 75, 107–8 Battens, 17, 32, 107, 113 Beacons, 87, 94 Beam, 13, 20, 22, 39–40, 44, 99, 107, 110 Beam reach, 13–14, 20, 39, 66, 107 Board boat, 21 Boat head, 108–9 Boat heels, 47, 69 Boat hook, 85–86, 94, 107 Boat inspection, 7 Boom, 16–19, 21–23, 30–34, 36–38, 40, 44, 52, 54, 56–62, 64, 74, 76, 104, 107–11


Boom vang, 19–20, 33, 76, 105, 107, 111 Bow, 15–16, 18, 20, 41–43, 49–52, 57, 61, 63–65, 75, 77, 80, 85, 107–11


Bow line, 48–49, 80, 107 Braided line, 26 Broad reach, 13–14, 66, 107 Buoys, 61, 72, 84–85, 87–88, 94, 107, 109, 113


C (Charlie) Channel, 7, 63, 87, 90, 94, 102, 107–10 Charts, 77, 84, 87–88, 107 Choke, 82, 94 Clew, 17, 19, 28, 31–32, 76, 107–11 Close hauled, 13–14, 20, 54, 64 Close reach, 13–14, 107 Coast guard, 2, 5–6, 8, 102–3 Cockpit, 15, 18–19, 22–23, 29, 31, 33–34, 43, 47, 58, 104, 107–11


Coil, 26–27, 33–34, 107 Collisions, 35, 52, 89–90, 94, 108–9 Communication, 43, 101, 112–13 Crew, 22–23, 34, 39, 43–44, 47, 49–55, 57, 59–60, 81, 95–96, 99, 101, 103–5, 107–10, 114


Crew overboard, 99 Cunningham, 19–20, 31–32, 73, 78, 107–8


D (Delta) Deck, 3, 8, 15, 19, 22, 64, 84–85, 98, 107–11, 113 Discharge, cooling water, 82, 94 Distress signals, 103 Dock, 2–3, 8, 21–22, 30–31, 33–34, 43, 48–52, 77–81, 94, 96, 107–8, 110, 112–13 Docking, 51–52, 79, 83 Dock lines, 48–51, 107–8, 110, 113 Downwind, 13–14, 20, 53–54, 56, 58, 60–64, 81, 83, 85, 103, 108


Driver, 22–23, 34, 36–38, 43–44, 49, 52–55, 59–62, 64, 66, 71–72, 78, 105, 108


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E (Echo) Emergencies, 2, 43, 95–106 Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), 103


Engine, 7, 11, 82–83, 111


F (Foxtrot) Fenders, 29, 48–50, 52, 108 Figure-8 rescue, 99, 108 First sail, 1, 35–52 Float plan, 7–8, 95–96 Forestay, 16–18, 31, 108–10 Freeboard, 84, 94, 108 Fuel line, 82


G (Golf) Give-way vessel, 89–90, 108, 113 Gooseneck, 18, 32, 76, 108


H (Hotel) Halyards, 17–18, 24, 26, 30–32, 108, 112 Header, 71–72, 78, 108 Heading, 7, 36, 38–39, 52–54, 56, 64, 70, 108 Headsail, 69, 108, 110, 112 Head-to-wind, 77, 108–9 Health, 95–106 Heat stroke, 98 Heel, 22, 35, 47–48, 52, 65, 69–70, 73–75, 104, 108 Hoist, 32–34, 79, 108 Hull, ii, 11, 15, 51–53, 107–11


I (India) Inboard auxiliary, 114 Intermediate sailing skills, 54–64 Irons, 42, 52, 77–78, 109, 112


J (Juliet) Jib, 16–19, 31, 33–34, 43–44, 50, 52, 54–56, 58, 60, 64–67, 75–81, 83, 85, 99, 107–12


Jib halyard, 17, 33 Jibing, 43, 53, 57, 59–61, 63–64, 99–100, 110, 112 Jib sheets, 19–20, 22–24, 28–29, 31, 33–34, 42–45, 59–60, 64, 67, 77, 80, 107–8


K (Kilo) Keel, 11, 15, 20, 65, 78, 85, 104, 107, 109 Knockdown, 105, 109 Knots, 21, 28–31, 34, 107–9, 112, 114


L (Lima) Lazy jib sheet, 44, 59 Lee, 56, 58, 64, 107 Leech, 17, 19–20, 66, 68, 107, 109 Leeward, 47, 65, 67, 74–75, 77, 80–81, 89–90, 107, 109 Leeward side of dock, 80–81 Leeward telltale, 66–67, 69, 78 Life jackets, 2–3, 5–6, 8, 96, 104–5, 109, 112–13 Lift, 11, 19–20, 45, 71, 78, 101, 109 Lightning, 103, 113 Line, 17, 19, 24–30, 34, 48, 74, 83, 85, 101, 104, 107–11 Local wind patterns, 1–2, 8 Luff, 17–20, 31–33, 40, 44–46, 52, 54, 66, 68–69, 76, 81, 107–9


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