FORE-AND-AFT: In a line parallel to the keel.
FOREPEAK: A compartment in the bow of a small boat.
FORWARD: Toward the bow of the boat.
FOULED: Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied.
[edit] Fore-and-aft rigs
Fore-and-aft-rigs comprise the vast majority of sailing vessels in use today, including effectively all dinghies and yachts.
A fore-and-aft rigged vessel. A topsail schooner has yards. on her foremast, and sometimes on her mainmast, but no courses.
On a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest and often the only sail rigged aft of the main mast, and is controlled along its foot by a spar known as the boom.
SHEER - Fore-and-aft curvature of a ship from bow to stern.
SHIFTING - This refers to movements or changing positions of cargo from one place to another. This can easily endanger the seaworthiness or cargoworthiness of the ship.
A narrow fore-and-aft pathway near the rail.
warning, hurricane (storm) warning
See weather alert.
Notches cut fore-and-aft through the bottom of the floors, allowing water to run through the bilge to the pumps. (back)
longitudinal ...
A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy.
A two masted fore-and-aft rigged boat with the forward mast being the main mast.
King Post
A vertical post usually employed as a support.
Sloop - A fore-and-aft rigged single masted vessel with one head sail set on a forestay. In a fractional-rigged sloop, the forestay and jib sheet are located a distance below the top of the mast.
Gybe -- To let a fore-and-aft sail shift from one side to the other when running before the wind. To let a vessel go so much off the wind as to bring the wind on the opposite quarter.
The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
leech line
A line running through the leech of the sail, used to tighten it.
Schooner: A fore-and-aft rigged ship with two or more masts.
Sheet: Ropes that control the sail position.
Ship: Large sea going vessel, a full rigged sailing ship often refers to one with a bowsprit and three or more masts.
The history of the fore-and-aft rig is a fascinating one. It is particularly interesting when you realize that two of the earliest fore-and-aft rigs, the lateen sail of the Middle East (Egyptian feluccas and Arabian dhows) and the Chinese junk, ...
The Main Types of Fore-and-Aft Sailboat Rigs.
A fore and aft rig has one or more masts. Each mast carries fore and aft sails. The various rigs differ only in the height and placement of the mast or masts. Each rig may carry a variety of sails.
SAIL TRACKS A device fitted on the after side of a mast in which slides, secured to the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail, travel up and down the mast as the sail is hoisted or lowered; used in lieu of mast hoops.
Bow Thrusters - A propeller at the lower sea-covered part of the bow of the ship which turns at right angles to the fore-and-aft line and thus provides transverse thrust as a maneuvering aid.
ATHWART - At right angles to the fore-and-aft line of a vessel.
BACK - Change in direction of the wind in counterclockwise direction, see veer.
BACKSTAY - Part of the standing rigging, usually cable, that supports the mast from aft. ...
with sheets too far in barging Forcing one's way illegally between the starting mark and boats to leeward [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] bark A three-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foresail and mainsail, and fore-and-aft ...
BALANCE REEF - A diagonal reef in a fore-and-aft sail extending from throat to clews.
BALE - A fitting on the end of a spar, such as the boom, to which a line may be led.
BALLAST WEIGHT - usually metal, placed low in a boat to provide stability.
spring line: a long docking line rigged to limit a boat's fore-and-aft motion, usually run from a boat's stern to a point well forward, and from the bow well aft.
Sometimes, in the case of four-masted ships, these were square-rigged on the fourth or mizzen mast, and sometimes fore-and-aft rigged; in the latter case they were called fotir-masted barques in Great Britain and shipentines in America.
Centerline: Center of the fore-and-aft line
Center of forces: The spot on a vessel on which all forces act centrally
Chain plate: A fitting that is used to attach stays to the boat
Chart: A map that is used in navigation ...
The geometric center of the waterline plane, about which the ship trims fore-and-aft.
Terminology
AFT: Toward the stern of the boat.
AGROUND: Touching or fast to the bottom.
AMIDSHIPS: In or toward the center of the boat.
The earlier days the brig was a vessel with two masts square-rigged like a ship's fore- and main-masts, but carrying also on her main-mast a lower fore-and-aft sail with a gaff and boom.
We can argue the ergonomic pros and cons of fore-and-aft heads vs. athwartships heads too, but in this case the fore-and-aft head appears to make the best use of the space. The rest of the layout needs no comment.
Jib - A foresail. A triangle (fore-and-aft) shaped sail forward of the mast.
Jibe - To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. Also means shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" ...
A small sailboat rigged fore-and-aft, with a short mizzenmast astern of the cockpit; distinguished from ketch. Yield Bucket ...
Topsail schooner
A fore-and-aft-rigged schooner carrying a square topsail and a topgallant sail on the foretopmast.
Topsides
The sides of the hull above the waterline and below the deck.
BOOM-A spar at the foot of a fore-and-aft sail.
BOOM CRUTCH (OR CRADLE OR CROTCH)-A prop that lifts the boom off the deck and holds it secure when it is not in use.
BOW-Forward part of a boat.
The fore-and-aft rig position of the poles is controlled.
Ship
A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
Short Blast
A horn blast of one to two seconds duration.
Standing rigging that prevents fore-and-aft movement of the masts.
Stay-sails (Stays'ls)
Extra sails fitted to the stays without the addition of a yard.
Wing and wing-The situation of a fore-and-aft vessel when she is going dead before the wind, with her forsail hauled over on one side and her mainsail on the other.
abeam: To one side of a vessel, at a right angle to the fore-and-aft line.
abreast: Even with, by the side of, side by side.
admeasure: To measure a vessel for the purpose of documentation.
Relative bearing - A direction in relation to the fore-and-aft line of a vessel.
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Scupper - A drain hole that allows water falling on deck to flow overboard.
ROLL - The alternating motion of a boat, leaning alternately to port and starboard; the motion of a boat about its fore-and-aft axis.
ROPE - In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store.
3/32" stainless wire with forked fittings at each end that provides fore-and-aft support for the mast and is the wire to which the jib luff is snapped
Forestay extension ...
A SCHOONER is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being shorter or the same height as the rear masts.
Athwart:
Lying along the ship's width, at right angles to the vessels fore-and-aft line (centerline). Same as abeam.
Athwartship:
A member or dimension running from port to starboard.
Windward side:
The side opposite to that on which the mainsail is carried or, in the case of a square-rigged vessel, the side opposite to that on which the largest fore-and-aft sail is carried.
(b) For the purposes of this Rule the windward side shall be deemed to be the side opposite to that on which the mainsail is carried or, in the case of a square-rigged vessel, the side opposite to that on which the largest fore-and-aft sail is ...
CLEW The lower corner of a square sail, and the after corner of the fore-and-aft sail. CLOSE-HAULED A vessel which is sailing with her yard braces up so as to get as much as possible to windward.
The corresponding terms for directions of translation are known as Heave, Surge, and Sway, where Heave means vertical motion, Surge is fore-and-aft motion, while Sway means lateral or beamwise motion.
Bilge and Cockpit Drainage ...
In a vessel, roll is rotation about the axis defined by the vessels fore-and-aft center line.
Rope - In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.
CLEW The lower, aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail, where the leech meets the foot. CHORD A straight line between the luff and leech of a sail.
 See also: Fore, Aft, Boat, Sail, Deck
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