hand bearing compass - A small portable compass.
hand lead - A weight attached to a line used to determine depth by lowering it into the water.
hand rail - A hand hold. Usually along the cabin top or ladder.
hand bearing compass - A small, portable compass, usually used for taking bearings (or sightings).
handing a sail - To hand a sail is to stow it or take it in.
hand lead - A lead weight, lowered on a rope, to determine water depth.
hand bearing compass: a hand-held compass incorporating a sighting apparatus and used primarily for taking bearings. harden up: to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets.
wire used for hoisting sails hand A member of the crew hank To attach to a stay hanks Metal hooks or fittings sewn into the luff of a sail and used to secure the sail to a stay hard-alee A command to come about hand bearing ...
 See also: Helmsman, Line, Hoist, Halyard, Bearing
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