Canvas: Firm, closely woven cloth used for sails and awnings; a set of sails; today the word "sailcloth" is generally used for modern sailmaking fabrics such as polyester {Dacron} and nylon.
Capsize: To turn over; to turn bottom side up.
canvas
Tightely woven cloth used for sails, covers, dodgers and biminis. Typically made from cotton, hemp or linen. Modern sails are made out of synthetic materials generally known as sailcloth. A slang word for a "sail".
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canvas - Woven cloth (made of cotton, linen or hemp) used for awnings and sails; A set of sails.
canvas back - A term applied to boats covered with canvas to keep out the seas; also applied to yacht sailors who are fond of a salting.
Canvas:
Tightly woven cloth used for sails, awnings, covers, dodgers and biminis; slang for sails.
Cap:
A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.
canvas
Sails. Cruising canvas consists of relatively small sails generally used when cruising. Racing canvas consists of a boat's racing sails, which are larger than cruising sails.
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The canvas used for covering the house and deck was number ten duck. The woodwork to be covered was given a generous coat of thick white lead paint mixed with equal parts of boiled linseed oil and spar varnish, ...
Usually a canvas bucket seat on which a person can sit and be hoisted up the mast.
Bow
The forward end of a vessel.
DROGUE-A canvas bucket or conical-shaped device used to provide resistance in the water and slow a vessel or keep its bow pointed into the wind and waves.
Or that which no canvas could withstand. Over 63 knots
Defining the Wind : The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry
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sea anchor
A canvas, cone-shaped device deployed to keep the bow headed into the wind to help safely ride out a storm. Also called a drogue.
sea cock
Through-hull fitting with a valve between the interior and the exterior of the boat.
canvas -- slang for sail. Originally sails were made of canvas.
catamaran -- twin hulled boat
celestial navigation -- to calculate your position using time, the position of celestial bodies, and mathematical tables ...
It is made watertight with a gasket such as canvas saturated in red lead. SOLE PLATE A plate fitted to the top of a foundation to which the base of a machine is bolted. Also a small plate fitted at the end of a stanchion.
safety harness A harness, usually made of webbing, worn over the shoulders and around the chest equipped with a lanyard for security sag To drift off course sail A flexible vertical foil, usually made of canvas, Dacron, or Mylar, ...
Canvas -- slang for sail. Originally sails were made of canvas.
Capstan: - the drum-like part of the windlass, which is a machine used for winding in rope, cables or chain connected to an anchor cargo.
Capsize -To turn over.
used as navigational aids, markers for moorings or underwater objects, or to support test or scientific gear CAPSTAN a revolving cylindrical device used for heaving in lines CAST OFF to let go a line; to leave a dock or anchorage CHAFING GEAR canvas, ...
Hammock - Canvas sheets, slung from the deckhead in messdecks, in which seamen slept.
canvas -- old slang term for sail. Originally sails were made of canvas.
Cap A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.
Capsize - to turn a boat over ...
T-topShort, aluminum tower with overhead canvas to protect the helm. tackThe lower corner of a sail. Also, each leg of a zigzag course. tenderSee dinghy. through-hullA fitting or object that goes all the way through a hull.
invented a folding open bateau, made of waterproof canvas attached to sliding ribs, so that for transport it could be collapsed like the bellows of an accordion and for use could be extended by a pair of stretchers.
Tarpaulin - A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship,
hammocks, boats, etc.
Tender - Heeling over too easily or inclined to when under sail.
Take down all sails, canvas, auxiliary outboard and any thing else that might cause windage problems. Don't forget to lock your boat when you leave.
One of the cats' problems is that there is no heeling to give a feel that the boat is over-canvassed (the good news is that the bowl of fruits you left on the table won't go flying and smash against the stove!).
BIMINI: An awning or canvas that provides shade on deck.
BOOM: 1) The spar extending from a mast to hold or extend the foot of a sail. 2) The sound when said spar strikes the head of charterer...
The tubes that contain the cork are usually made of canvas and painted. The weight of the canvas tube would have to be added to the general weight to be supported.
Canvas (from the Greek Kannabis) was made from hemp (as is cannabis) but modern sails, although still called canvas, are made from terylene, polyester, dacron, kevlar and other man made fibres.
The bottom of a sail is called the foot.
BOLT ROPE - The rope surrounding a sail, and to which the canvas is sewed.
BOOM VANG - A system used to hold the boom down, particularly when boat is sailing downwind, so that the mainsail area facing the wind is kept to a maximum.
Boating apparel styles online include great fashions for men, women, & children, including sportswear, sandals, canvas deck shoes, pants, shorts, jackets, windbreakers, and more.
(a) a piece of orange-coloured canvas with either a black square and circle or other appropriate symbol (for identification from the air);
(b) a dye marker.
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Bosun's Chair: A seat, usually made of canvas, used to hoist a person up the mast.
Bow: The front of the boat.
Bowman: The crewmember in charge of sail changes and keeping a lookout on the bow at the start.
Bimini - A rectangular canopy, usually of canvas, on a light frame that protects the bridge and/or control console from sun and rain.
Bridge - The control station from which a large boat is navigated.
Drogue A sea anchor - a cone shaped canvas bag to which the vessel lies in heavy weather to keep the bow pointing into the waves, or towed from the stern to slow the speed when running.
Tarpaulin
Waterproof material, e.g. canvas, to spread over cargo to protect it from getting wet.
TEDIS
See Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems.
Metal eye fitted into a hole in a sail or canvas to take a line, shackle, etc.
Guy
The windward spinnaker sheet.
The steaming box was made up of catering-sized coffee tins with their bottoms cut out, taped together and wrapped in several layers of canvas. The steamer was a domestic wallpaper stripper.
Our test boat came equipped with lazy jacks and a 'lazy bag' canvas sail cover, which is attached to the boom to help catch the mainsail when it is lowered. It then zips up to protect it from the elements.
Steel hull - Hulls of sheet steel or steel alloy, not those with steel ribs and wood, canvas, or plastic hull coverings.
Clean and inspect canvas, covers and bimini top.
Clean and inspect bilges and through hull fittings.
Check all fittings secure.
Lubricate all hinges, latches, etc with the best
corrosion inhibiting lubricant you can buy.
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Take on board a canvas bag with a marlinspike knife, screwdriver, pliers, duct tape, small line, a few spare shackles, tack pins, and a small first aid kit, along with sunscreen and chapstick.
Navigation Tools. Wristwatch and compass.
Aluminum Hull - Hulls of aluminum or aluminum alloys; does not include those with the aluminum ribs and wood, canvas or plastic hull coverings.
Orange smoke.
7) Flames on a vessel (such as oil burning in a drum)
8) International signal of distress indicated by code flags " N " and " C "
9) Slowly raising and lowering outstretched arms.
10) A ball above a square flag.
11) Orange canvas with ...
A piece of orange canvas with either a black square and circle or other symbol appropriate for identification from the air;
Dye marker;
A square shape or anything resembling a square shape; or ...
grommet: rope or brass ring in a sail or piece of canvas. ground tackle: anchor and anchor gear. gudgeon the socket for the pintle of a rudder. gunwale: most generally, the upper edge of the side of a boat.
 See also: Sailing, Boat, Deck, Point, Anchor
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