11/28/2023 0 Comments Sailboat lingoOnce you have a tiller on your boat, consider a tiller-extension, which is a very cool piece of equipment that is also relatively cheap, or DIY. There are pros and cons for both a wheel and a tiller. Older boats have a tiller instead of a wheel, and smaller boats and dinghies have tillers. This is a long stick at the aft which you use to control the rudder when there is no wheel on the boat, the replacement of the wheel. This is a piece at the stern which makes your boat steer.ĭo not confuse it with the wheel or tiller the rudder is the underwater piece that is controlled by a wheel or a tiller. The direction of your boat 90 degrees to her course is called abeam. Historically, the beam is the widest timber frame attached to the keel, the rib of a boat, and also may be used to refer to the maximum width of the boat hull. It’s somewhere in the middle between an aft and a bow. boom has moved port-side which is equal to boom has moved port). Port is the left when you look at the bow where the red navigation light is.Īlso, there is port-side word (e.g. Not your left hand side, but always the boat’s. When you park, you would say you park stern-in, not aft-in. Whereas the aft points to anything within a boat, like an aft-cabin, but the stern is a particular part of the boat. The farthest back part of a ship, where your rudder and carving are. It is usually made of a very thick and strong alloy. The moving metal part that allows the boom to move while being attached to the mast is called a gooseneck. You need to always be aware of where the boom is, as it can hit your head with brutal force. The mainsheet holds the boom to adjust the main. The mainsail’s lower edge is fixed to the horizontal pole extending from the mast. We suppose there’s no need to explain what a mast, anchor, keel, cockpit, or cabin is, but below are some terms that may be less familiar. They are numerous, but we mention the most important. When you stop a running line (one that moves along, like a halyard or a sheet) from moving, like in a jammer or on a cleat or a winch, you “secure the line.” It is certainly a line and rarely a chain for a small boat, dinghy, or your secondary anchor. Most people still call it a chain, but it can also be called an anchor line. The aft stays are called “backstays”, and there are usually two of them. The one in front is the “forestay”, and it goes from the top of the mast to the bow. The lines holding the mast are usually metal wires, and apart from shrouds supporting the sides, those going to the bow and to the aft are called stays. Shrouds are usually metal wires, and there are a few of them holding the mast. The standing rig holds the mast, and shrouds are the lines going from the top of the mast to the sides of the boat, keeping the mast from falling aside. To decrease the area of a jib you furl it, if there is a furling installed, or you change the jib for a smaller one in the otherwise case. For a regular sailboat there are two reefing lines for the main sail one decreases the sail area, and the other decreases it even more. Once the weather gets rough you reef the sail. Those are the ropes that are used to reef the main (sail). Two hold the mainsail (which is a little inconvenient but okay), and two hold each jib while the cutter rig suggests two jibs. On my sailboat, which is a cutter built in 1979, there are six sheets. You can choose a sheet to use depending on where the wind comes from. One is for the mainsail, and it is called the mainsheet, and two others connect to the free end of the front sail, which is the jib, and they are called jib sheets. The latter is sometimes called trimming the sail.Ī modern bermuda sloop rig has three sheets. You adjust the sail to the wind by adjusting the sheet. This line is attached (secured) to the moving end of your sail. All ropes on a sailboat are called lines.
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