HEAD UP: Sailing closer to the wind.
HEADSAIL: A sail forward of the mast
HEADING: The direction in which a vessel's bow points at any given time.
HEADWAY: The forward motion of a boat. Opposite of sternway.
Head Up: Sailing closer to the wind.
Kicker (also called a Vang): A device used to keep the boom from rising.
head up - to turn the bowbow more directly into the eye of the wind. The opposite of falling off.
head - The toilet and toilet room in a vessel.
headsail - Any sail forward of the mastmast, such as a jib.
Head Up: Turning the bow of the boat towards the eye of the wind.
Head: Top corner of sail. (Where halyard connects to sail)
Header: Change in wind direction towards the bow of the boat.
Head Up:
Change direction so as to point closer to where the wind is coming from. The opposite of falling off.
Headboard:
A small wooden, metal or plastic insertion at the head of a mainsail.
head up, harden up, come up, round up, freshen your wind, sharpen up, sharpen your wind
Change course upwind, or toward the wind's direction.
headway ...
To head up into the wind or loosen a sail, allowing the sail(s) to luff.
Spindle Buoy
A tall cone shaped navigational buoy.
hold her head up - A vessel is said to "hold her head up" well that does not show a tendency to fall off.
holding on - To continue sailing without altering a course or shifting sail.
It will keep her head up to the sea while the sails are being shifted. In a cutter, heave to by hauling the fore sheet to windward, keeping the jib full. Shifting jibs in heavy weather in a cutter requires care.
Head Up: Change direction to point closer to the wind. The opposite of falling off.
Headsail: A sail set forward of the foremast on the headstay.
Headstay: The stay leading from the mast to the bow.
Heading: The direction the boat is going.
In a lifting wind, one can head up..
A backing wind causes a boat to head down .
A header is a clockwise shift in the wind.
A veering wind is a counterclockwise shift in the wind..
The tendency of a boat to head up toward the eye of the wind. The opposite of lee helm.
weather shore
The shore if wind blows strongly offshore ...
As the gust hits, the apparent wind goes aft causing more heeling and less drive and changing the angle of incidence-the angle the apparent wind makes with the sails-so that the sails are now improperly trimmed unless you head up or ease the sheets ...
Lift: A wind shift during which the wind enters the boat from further back. It allows the helmsman to head up or alter course to windward, or the crew to ease the sheets.
Lines: A nautical term for ropes.
A dangerous situation where the wind is on the wrong side of the sails pressing them back against the mast and forcing the ship astern. Most often this was caused by an inattentive helmsman who had allowed the ship to head up into the wind.
If you are working your way upwind, you ideally want to go smoothly from close hauled on one tack to sailing close hauled on the other tack. If you over-steer, you have to trim the sails out to pick up speed and then gradually head up again and ...
Lift: A change in wind direction which lets the boat head up.
Line: A rope used for a function on a boat, such as a sheet halyard, cunningham or painter.
list -- inclination of a boat due to excess weight on one side or the other ...
 See also: Point, Boat, Hull, Sailing, Line
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