Gudgeon
A socket the pintle (pin or bolt used as a pivot) of the rudder sits in.
Gunnel, gunwale
Pronounced "gun-nel." The rail around the edge of a boat. Smaller versions are called toe rails.
gudgeon
The hole in which the pin from a stern mounted rudder fits. The pin is known as a pintle.
gunkholing ...
gudgeons - Metal eye bolts fitted to the stern post to receive the pintles of the rudder.
gunter rig - Similar to a gaff rig, except that the spar forming the "gaff" is hoisted to an almost vertical position, extending well above the mast.
Gudgeon:
A ring:shaped fitting into which the rudder pintle is inserted which allows the rudder to pivot.
Gunkholing:
Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
GUDGEON-An eye fitting into which the rudder's pintles are inserted.
GUNKHOLING-Shallow-water sailing and anchoring in out-of-the-way places.
HALYARD-A line used to hoist a sail. Also spelled halliard.
Gudgeons -- Metal straps with eyes secured to the stern post, into which the pintles of the rudder are fitted.
Gunwale -- The timber fitted over the timber heads and fastened to the top strake.
Guys -- Ropes used to steady a spar or other thing.
Gudgeon
A fitting into which the rudder pintle is inserted which allows the rudder to pivot.
Gunwale ...
Pintle-and-gudgeon rudder of the Hanseatic league flagship Adler von Lübeck (1567-1581), the largest ship in the world at its time ...
Pintle and gudgeon: The pintle and the gudgeon together form a swinging hinge usually associated with the installation of the rudder on smaller tiller steered boats.
GUDGEONS AND PINTLES Hardware used to connect an "outboard" rudder to the back of the boat. The pintle has a pin (male part), The gudgeon accepts the pintle (female part).
gudgeon the socket for the pintle of a rudder. gunwale: most generally, the upper edge of the side of a boat. guy: a line used to control the end of a spar.
it may fit in to a gudgeon or ring on the sternpost
Pirate -One who commits piracy by engaging in robbery, pillaging, or plundering at sea
Piracy- The act of taking a ship on the high seas from those that own it.
Pitch -1.
An outboard rudder (transom-mounted rudder) hangs off the stern on gudgeons and pintles. A canting rudder swings sideways as the boat heels so it remains vertical and provides best performance. A popup rudder lifts in shallow water.
Unship the Rudder: Remove the rudder, lifting the pintles out of the gudgeons.
Warp: a dockline for a ship.
PINTLES A term applied to the pins or bolts which hinge the rudder to the gudgeons on the stern post.
GUDGEON - A metal bracket attached to the sternpost into which a rudder pintle was hung; the female part of a rudder hinge.
GUY - A line used to control the end of a spar.
 See also: Boat, Rudder, Point, Pintle, Line
  
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