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Float plan - an itinerary of your intended sailing trip, leſt with a responsible party onshore. Following sea - waves hitting the boat from astern. Foot - the bottom edge of a sail. Fore - forward. Forepeak - a storage area in the bow (below the deck). Foresail - a jib or a genoa. Forestay - the standing rigging running from the bow to the mast to which the jib is hanked on. Forward - toward the bow. Fouled - tangled. Foul-weather gear - water-resistant clothing. Freeboard - the height of the hull above the water’s surface.
Full - not luffing. Furl - to fold or roll up a sail.
G (Golf) Gaff - on some boats, a spar along the top edge of a
four-sided sail.
Gear - generic term for sailing equipment. Genoa - a large jib whose clew extends aſt of the mast. Give-way vessel - the vessel required to give way to another boat when they may be on a collision course. Glide zone - the distance a sailboat takes to coast to a stop.
Gooseneck - the strong fitting that connects the boom to the mast. Grommet - a reinforcing metal ring set in a sail. Ground tackle - the anchor and rode (chain and line). Gudgeon - a fitting attached to the stern of a boat into which the pintles of a rudder are inserted. Gunwale (GUNN-nle) - the edge of the deck where it meets the topsides. Gust - see puff.
H (Hotel) Halyard - a line used to hoist or lower a sail.
Hank - a snap hook that is used to connect the luff of a jib onto the forestay. “Hard a-lee” - the command given to the crew just prior to tacking. Hard over - to turn the tiller or wheel as far as possible in one direction.
Hatch - a large covered opening in the deck. Hatch boards - boards that close off the companionway. Haul in - to tighten a line. Head - 1. - the top corner of a sail. 2. - the bathroom on a boat. 3. - the toilet on a boat. Headboard - the reinforcing board affixed to the head of a sail.
Header - a wind shiſt which makes your boat head down or sails to be sheeted in. Heading - the direction of the boat expressed in compass degrees. Head down - to fall off, changing course away from the wind.
Head off - see head down. Head up - to come up, changing course toward the wind. Headsail - a jib, genoa, or staysail. Headstay - the standing rigging running from the bow to the top of the mast. Head-to-wind - the course of the boat when the bow is dead into the wind. Headway - progress made forward. Heave - to throw. Heave-to - to hold one’s position in the water by using the force of the sails and rudder to counter one another.
Heavy weather - strong winds and large waves. Heel - the lean of a boat caused by the wind. Helm - the tiller or wheel. Helmsman - the person responsible for steering the boat.
High side - the windward side of the boat. Hike - to position crew members out over the windward rail to help balance the boat. Hiking stick - see tiller extension. Holding ground - the bottom ground in an anchorage used to hold the anchor. Hove-to - a boat that has completed the process of heaving-to, with its jib aback, its main loosely trimmed, and its rudder securely positioned to steer it close to the wind.
Hull - the body of the boat, excluding rig and sails. Hull speed - the theoretical maximum speed of a sail- boat determined by the length of its waterline.
I (India) Inboard - inside of the rail of a boat.
In irons - a boat that is head-to-wind, making no forward headway.
J (Juliet) Jacklines - sturdy wire, rope or webbing securely fas-
tened at its ends on deck which permits the crew to hook in with their safety harnesses.
Jib - the forward sail of a boat attached to the forestay. Jibe - to change direction of a boat by steering the stern through the wind. “Jibe-ho” - the command given to the crew when starting a jibe.
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