foredeck
Forward part of the main deck, ahead of the superstructure.
foul-weather gear
Jacket, pants and hat used during inclement weather.
Foredeck: The area of a yacht's deck that is in front of the mast; also a crew position aboard a racing yacht.
Foresail: Any sail used between the mast and the forestay.
Foredeck- The part of the deck of a boat that is toward the front.
Forestay- A wire or cable that runs from the mast to the bow of a boat.
Furl- To roll a sail up and secure it to yard or boom.
Foredeck - the forward part of the upper deck.
Forward - towards the front of the ship. One goes forward when he goes towards the bow.
Gunwale / Gunnel - the upper edge or rim of a boat's side.
foredeck - The forward part of a vessel's main deck.
fore foot - The foremost part of the keel at its intersection with the stem under water.
fore guy - The stay of a square sail boom or spinnaker boom which leads forward.
Foredeck:
The forward part of a boat's main deck.
Forefoot:
The point where the stem joins the forward end of the keel.
FOLLOWING SEA- An overtaking sea that comes from astern.
FORE- Toward the bow of the vessel.
FOREDECK- Forward topside part of the vessel.
FORE-AND-AFT - In a line parallel to the keel.
Forestay Wire, sometimes rod, support for the mast, running from the bowsprit or foredeck to a point at or near the top of the mast.
Foretriangle The triangle formed by the forestay, mast, and fore deck.
harden or harden up To remove the luffing in a sail by pulling the sail in, making it tauter, and filling it with wind [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] hatch An opening in the deck with a cover hawse hole An opening on the foredeck ...
FO'C'SL uppermost and most forward enclosed area on the ship; also, crew's quarters FOREDECK the exposed deck forward of the ship's superstructure FOUL the opposite of clear, as in tangled lines or chain, ...
The rig features an aluminum mast and boom, but the bowsprit that nestles in a notch in the foredeck is carbon fiber. The shrouds are swept and there are cap shrouds that go to the masthead to help support the large asymmetrical chute.
The foredeck is forward of the cockpit in a powerboat, of the mast in a sailboat. A deck beam is a length of wood, fiberglass, or wood supporting the deck. The side decks are on both sides. The afterdeck is near the stern.
The jibsheets may hang up or wrap on some fixture on the foredeck, occasionally making someone go forward to clear it.
The problem of the inaccessibility of gear was met in the Thames barge by stepping the mast in a tabernacle and using a windlass on the foredeck to strike the whole lot, mast, sprit, sails and rigging.
Your foredeck crew should immediately jump on the side dock to round up the bow line around the dock cleat, or lasso the line around the piling. In both cases, he/she should do it in a way that he can keep slacking it off as you keep backing up.
One of the more exciting, if very wet, occupations on board is working on the foredeck. Usually less brute strength is required, but agility and balance are essential. Here you will be mostly concerned with changing sails at high speed.
A stainless steel device attached to the hull under the foredeck that has the forestay attached at one end and the jib tack wire at the other. Used to evenly spread the load of the mast between the forestay and jib halyard.
Tongue, trailer ...
A stay leading from the mast to the foredeck to steady the mast and to hoist staysails on.
Forestaysail
A triangular sail set forward of the mast on the forestay.
and loop over the main bow cleat. Leave pick-up buoy and lines on the foredeck.
Securing the Boat
Stow headsails in port side torpedo tube. Furl mains'l with main haliard, center boom and tighten main sheet.
The point at which the mast enters the foredeck of a boat
mast head
The top of the mast.
A line supporting a mast, running from the bowsprit or foredeck of a boat to the upper part of the mast. (back)
forward
frame sets ...
Houseboat - A motorized vessel designed primarily with accommodation spaces with little or no foredeck or cockpit, with low freeboard and with a low length to beam ratio.
Fore - Located at the front of the vessel; fore and aft means front and back; forecabin is toward the bow, the opposite of aft cabin; foredeck is the forward part of the main deck; forehead is the part of the face above the eyes.
Consider developing a series of hand communications to be use between the helmsman and the person on the foredeck. Keep in mind that a motor might be running or sails might be flapping and cause a miscommunication.
Mast gate: The point at which the mast enters the foredeck of a boat
Masthead: The top end of a mast
Mast spanner: A device that allows the control of a rotating mast on catamarans ...
 See also: Boat, Deck, Hull, Feet, Forward
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