gunkholing - Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
guy - Also called a brace. A line used to control the movement of the object at the other end, such as a spar.
GUNKHOLING-Shallow-water sailing and anchoring in out-of-the-way places.
HALYARD-A line used to hoist a sail. Also spelled halliard.
HATCH-An opening in a deck with a cover.
GUNKHOLING Cruising in shoal water or overnighting in small coves. GUNWALE (GUNNEL) Originally applied to the bulkheads that supported a ship's guns; the upper edge of the side of a boat. Is frequently used interchangeably with SHEER.
Gunkholing - Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
Gunnels - See Gunwhale
Gunter Rig - Development of the lugsail rig where the sail is cut with a very short luff and lon leech.
A creek, cove, marsh, or other shallow corner in the shore. Gunk means mud. To gunkhole or go gunkholing is to explore such places in a boat, although sometimes these terms are used to mean going ashore to explore on foot.
gunwale ...
The lifting keel will be fixed in the down position while racing but can retract to a draft of 10 feet, 10 inches for entering the harbor or doing some gunkholing. The D/L of Rosebud is 54.8 and the L/B is 4.
Ground Swells: Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoals.
Gunkholing: Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
Gunwale: (gun'l) Top edge of the sides of an open boat. (from gun wall) ...
Great Circle - a course plotted on the surface of the globe that is the shortest distance between two points
Ground Tackle - A collective term for the anchor and anchor gear.
Gunwale (gunnel)-The upper railing of a boat's side.
Gunkholing - ...
Gun Deck-- Any deck with guns on most of the old sailing ship it was a enclosed deck below the main deck.
Gun layer- One who aims or lay a gun
Gunwale (gunnel)-The upper railing of a boat's side.
Gunkholing - Cruising in shoal water ...
 See also: Boat, Cruising, Spar, Sailing, Boom
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