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.
headsail
Any sail set forward of the mast.
head seas
Waves coming from the direction a boat is heading.
Headstay
The most forward forestay. The line from the bow or bowsprit to the top of the mast. This keeps the mast from falling toward the rear of the boat. The headstay is the farthest forward of all the stays on the boat.
headsail - Any sail forward of the mastmast, such as a jib.
headway - The forward motion of a vessel through the water.
Headsail - a sail forward of the mast, a foresail
Headstay - a wire support line from the mast to the bow
Headway - forward motion ...
headsail
A triangular sail set forward of a yacht's mast. Affectionately referred to as 'the heady'.
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Headsail- Any sail set forward of the foremast.
Heave to- To turn the bow of the boat into the wind and keep it there, so that the boat lies almost still.
Heel- The lateral tilting of a boat in motion, due to wind, sometimes to waves.
Headsail: A sail flown between the mast and the bow of the yacht.
Helm: The steering station of a yacht; the tiller or wheel by which the rudder is controlled.
Headsail Trimmers: Positioned on the port (left) and starbord (right) sides of the boat, they control the jib and spinnaker sheets and winches.
Helmsman: The crew member who steers the yacht; usually also the skipper; also called the driver.
Heads Toilets in a ship.
Heave the lead To take soundings with a lead line.
Heave to A sailing vessel is hove to when a headsail is backed thus reducing the way through the water.
headsail - Any sail (or set of sails) forward of the mast; sail(s) located in the foretriangle.
head seas - Waves coming towards the bow, as opposed to following seas.
head sheets - The sheets of the head sails.
Headsail:
A sail set forward of the foremast on the headstay; a foresail
Headstay:
The stay leading from the mast to the bow ...
Headsails are the main driving sails when going upwind (sailing towards the wind). There are many types of headsails with Genoa and Jib being the most commonly used. Both these types have different subtypes depending on their intended use.
Headsails - Any sail forward of the foremast.
Headway - Forward motion of boat opposite to sternway
Helm - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.
Headstay - Wire from the bow to the upper part of a sailboat's mast
Headway - Moving forward
Heel - Sideways learning of a boat due to the wind ...
A headsail which extends past the mast
Give-Way Vessel
A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
A headsail that extends from bow to behind the mast.
Gimbals
A system by which an object is suspended so that it remains horizontal as the boat heels.
jib, headsail
Sometimes foresail. Jib rhymes with "bib". A sail set between the forwardmost mast and the headstay. All jibs are trimmed using a jibsheet, a line that passes through a block on deck (jib lead).
Stow headsails in port side torpedo tube. Furl mains'l with main haliard, center boom and tighten main sheet.
Remove the shore box, oars, cooler, and engine fending bucket, from cabin and load onto Toad.
Check bilge before leaving boat ...
Double-headsail ketch with a bowsprit
The ketch has her mizzen forward of the rudderpost, and the sail area is comparatively larger than that of the yawl's mizzen, up to 20 percent or more of the total.
Thunderheads:
Cumulonimbus clouds or thunderheads have anvil tops and produce high winds and storms. The direction of the storm's travel is denoted by the anvil.
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Note the headstay is dropped about 19.2 inches below the masthead to make room for the asymmetrical chute. I would not call this a fractional rig. It's cheaper for the mast builder because he doesn't have to weld up a fancy mast crane.
At Loggerheads -
An iron ball attached to a long handle was a loggerhead. When heated it was used to seal the pitch in deck seams. It was sometimes a handy weapon for quarrelling crewmen.
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and bulkheads of the same thickness were provided at each end of thebelt. These ships form a class of vessels of small size whichwould prove formidable opponents to many larger armoured ships,and are especially useful for coast-defence purposes.
BULKHEADS: The vertical surfaces or walls within a vessel for structural as well as space planning purposes.
BUNK: 1) A bed or pair of beds on a vessel usually built in, with one above the other. 2) A charter booking unaccompanied by a check.
DOUBLE HEADSAIL RIG - Two sails forward of the mast as in a cutter.
Downhaul-A rope used to haul down jibs, staysails and studding sails.
Double Sheetbend -Join small to medium size rope.
douse To drop a sail quickly ...
DOUBLE HEADSAIL RIG Two sails forward of the mast as in a cutter. DAVITS Curved uprights projecting over the side of larger boats for suspending, or raising and lowering a smaller boat.
The larger of the headsails.
jumper stay
A short stay supporting the top forward portion of the mast. The stay runs from the top of the mast forward over a short jumper strut, then down to the mast, usually at the level of the spreaders.
also used to stiffen or tie beam angles to bulkheads, frames to longitudinals, etc. BRAILS Ropes rove through blocks fastened to a spar and attached to the leech of sail. The overhauling of these ropes gathers the sail up against the spar.
Sometimes bulkheads are also watertight, adding to the vessel's safety. Cabin A room inside a boat. Camber The curvature of an object such as a sail, keel or deck.
A sloop usually carries only one headsail. snatch block: single block with a latched opening on one side a block hinged on one side and latched on the other so that it can be opened to receive the bright of a line and then closed to hold the ...
Cutter: similar to a sloop in that there is only one mast, but it is stepped further aft and she can carry two headsails at once (forestaysail and jib). Often has a bowsprit to enlarge the foretriangle.
headsail -- a sail forward of the mast
heave to -- to stop forward movement by bringing the vessel's bow into the wind and keeping it there
heaves -- upward displacing swells ...
A foresail or headsail; 3. On a schooner, this is the middle sail set on the jib boom, between the flying jib and fore topmast staysail.
GAAF - A spar used in ships to extend the heads of fore-and-aft sails which are not set on stays.
GALLERY - A balcony projecting from the stern or quarter of a large ship.
GALLEY - The kitchen area of a boat.
Heads up- watch out
Headsails: -any sail foreward of the foremast.
Headstay - a wire support line from the mast to the bow
Headway -The forward motion of a boat. Opposite of sternway ...
headsail -- a sail forward of the mast
Headstay - a wire support line from the mast to the bow
Head-to-Wind: When the bow of a boat is pointing directly into the wind.
Headway - forward motion ...
If the wind keeps increasing and the sea rising, haul down the headsail and pass a gasket round it, close-reef your mainsail, previously seeing your sea anchor clear for letting go.
Genoa: A large headsail, which overlaps the mast and often meets the deck with its foot.
Gimbals: A fitting that moves in a way that keeps delicate or potentially dangerous objects in an upright position even in the case of the boat heeling ...
Heading - The horizontal direction in which a ship actually points or heads at any instant, expressed in angular units from a reference direction, usually from 000° at the reference direction clockwise through 359°.
A jib is the sail set between the forwardmost mast and the headstay.
A headstay is a line of wire or steel rod that supports the mast and adjusts its bend.
The port side of the boat is its left side as the boat moves forward.
Have someone at the bow looking out for coral heads. When getting close to the beach, tilt your outboard up 1/3 of the way then kill the engine and finish coasting on the sand. Half the time, it does not work :-) and one of your crew has to jump in ...
Under the first and last heads the Yacht Owner will often find it a great advantage to employ a Lloyd's Surveyor whose services (to examine a yacht and make a fair report upon her condition or construction) can always he obtained for a moderate fee ...
While still 3 or more boatlengths from P, S heads up (above close-hauled) to a course that could cause her to collide with P's stern.
Jib: A triangular sail, set on the headstay.
Jibe: To change direction, when sailing with the wind aft, so that the wind comes on a different quarter and the boom swings over to the opposite side; an accidental jibe can be dangerous.
Shrouds: A range of large ropes extending from the mastheads to the sides of the ship to provide lateral support to the masts thereby enabling them to carry the sails.
The shape of the sails is still generating some lift, but as the boat heads farther and farther off the wind, it is increasingly being pushed forward by the wind from behind rather than being pulled forward by lift.
Cutter
A sailboat with one mast and a mainsail and two headsails.
Cyclone
The generic term for a tropical weather system, including tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes.
Upright partition dividing compartments on board a vessel. The functions of bulkheads are
-To increase the safety of a vessel by dividing it into watertight compartments.
-To separate the engine room from the cargo holds.
Forestay (sometimes called a jibstay, or a headstay)
A cable supporting the mast, running from the bow to the top of the mast.
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HEAVE TO-To stop a vessel's progress by putting out a sea anchor or drogue, or hauling a headsail to windward.
HEAVING LINE-Line with a weighted end to facilitate throwing it ashore or to another vessel.
Spar extending from the bow to secure headstays and running the bowlines.
Brace
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Sloop
A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.
cutter
Single-masted sailboat similar to a sloop, but with the mast farther aft to allow for a double headsail.
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Red and green colors and/or lights indicate the preferred (primary) channel. If green is on top, the preferred channel is to the right as a boater enters from the open sea or heads upstream; if red is on top, the preferred channel is to the left.
Bulkhead - the walls separating compartments within a ship. Ships do not have walls, they have bulkheads.
This position was the worst possible in that, being dead midships, it was where the list caused would be greatest and its position relative to the transverse bulkheads was such that four main compartments plus over 106 feet of the ship's starboard ...
(300-3000 MHz) The apparatus using these frequencies are the best one for internal communications on steel ships as they are not hampered by steel bulkheads. ULCC Ultra Large Crude Carrier ...
If your boat has a berth, a permanent head and galley, odds are very good it qualifies as a second home. That means you can write off the cost of interest on your income taxes. Unfortunately, portable heads do not qualify for this write-off.
The higher the top of the upper cloud mass, known as the anvil, the more ferocious the storm when it reaches you. These are cumulonimbus clouds, better known as thunderheads. They are formed by warm, moist air rising to meet cooler air above.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Forward, Sail, Aft
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