Glossary
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Fairlead .....................................A small circular fitting through which a sheet may be led to keep it free for trimming. Figure-eight knot ...................A simple stopper knot tied in the end of a sheet to prevent it from slipping through a fairlead.
Figure-eight PIW .................... (person in the water) recovery. A procedure for retrieving someone in the water by sailing a figure-eight pattern to return alongside and pick them up.
Fins ............................................. Appendages to a hull for steering or to prevent sideslipping. See Centerboard, Daggerboard, Keel, Leeboard, Rudder.
Foot ............................................ The bottom edge of a sail. Forestay .................................... The piece of standing rigging that runs from the bow to the head of the mast to support it.
Forward ..................................... The direction toward the bow.
Give-way vessel ...................... Under Navigation Rules, the vessel that must alter course and/or speed to pass at a safe distance.
Halyard ......................................A piece of running rigging used to raise a sail. Hank ........................................... A fitting on the luff of the jib that clips it to the forestay.
“Hard-to-lee” ............................ The helmsman’s warning when putting the helm down to tack through the wind. Head .......................................... The top corner of a sail. Head down ............................... To steer away from the wind direction by pulling the tiller away from the position of the boom.
Head off .................................... See Head down. Head up .................................... To steer toward the wind direction by pushing the tiller toward the position of the boom. Heel ............................................ The tipping of a boat away from the wind due to the pressure of the wind on the sails, especially when sailing upwind.
Helmsman ................................ The person who steers a boat and often assume’s the skipper’s position of being in charge. The helmsman usually trims the mainsheet.
High of the groove .................A windward sailing course too close to the wind, in which the sails luff and the boat slows.
Hiking ........................................ Sitting on the side of the boat to flatten the heel of the boat in stronger wind. Hull ............................................. The body of the boat, to which everything else is attached.
In irons ....................................... The situation of a boat when the bow is turned into the No-Go Zone and the sails are luffing.
In the groove ........................... Sailing in the narrow, close-hauled course just on the edge of the No-Go Zone.
Jib ............................................... The triangular sail at a boat’s bow, with its luff attached to the forestay. Jib sheets .................................. The two controlling lines for the jib, which are alternately eased and trimmed in as a boat changes tacks.
Jibe ............................................. To change tacks when sailing downwind, with the wind over the stern, by allowing the wind to swing the boom from one side to the other.
“Jibe ho” .................................... The traditional command for beginning to jibe. “Jibing”....................................... The helmsman’s command when beginning to jibe.
Keel ............................................ A type of underwater fin to prevent sideslip that is fixed to the hull and cannot be raised.
Leech ......................................... The back edge of a sail. Leeward (LOU-ward) ............. The direction, in relation to the boat, opposite that from which the wind is blowing. Leeward boat .......................... Under Navigation Rules, the boat that maintains course and speed when meeting a windward boat on the same tack.
Line............................................. On boats, the term for rope. Low of the groove ..................A windward sailing course too far off the wind toward a close reach, requiring extra distance to reach a windward destination.
Luff ............................................. The front edge of a sail.
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