Lash ships: lash stand for lighter aboard ship. It is a specialized container ship carrying very large floating containers, or "lighters." the ship carries its own massive crane, which loads and discharges the containers over the stern.
Lash
To hold goods in position by the use of e.g. wires, ropes, chains and straps.
See Lighter Aboard Ship. Lashing Point ...
lash - To tie something with a line.
lateral resistance - The ability of a boat to keep from being moved sideways by the wind. Keels, daggerboards, centerboards, and leeboards are all used to improve a boat's lateral resistance.
lash - To lace, to bind together with a rope.
lashing - A lacing or rope to bind two spars together, or sails to a spar.
lateen sail - A large triangular sail, with the luff bent to a yard. It has no gaff.
Lash
To tie something with a line.
Latitude
Imaginary lines drawn around the world and used to measure distance north and south of the Equator. The North Pole is 90° north, the South Pole is 90° south, and the Equator is at 0°.
Lash:
To tie something with a line; to secure
Lashing:
A rope used for securing any movable object in place ...
4. Lash the leech reef cringle around the boom to stop the boom dropping.
5. Be careful not to squash the sail (this may be common sense, but not everyone has that nowadays).
over-the-side sampling apparatus such as Nansen bottles, gravity corers, etc INSHORE near or toward the shore KEEL the backbone of a vessel, running fore and aft along the center line of the bottom of the hull LADDER stairway between decks LASH DOWN ...
LASH - Lighter aboard ship: A barge carrier designed to act as a shuttle between ports, taking on and discharging barges.
LASH SHIPS - LASH stand for Lighter Aboard Ship.
"Lash up and stow" a piped command to tie up hammocks and stow them (typically) in racks inboard of the ship's side to protect crew from splinters from shot and provide a ready means of preventing flooding caused by damage.
A line attached to any object for the purpose of securing the object to a person, to a boat, or another object lapstrake A type of hull construction with strakes overlapping in shingle fashion [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] lash To bind ...
SEABEE -Sea-barge, a barge carrier design similar to "LASH" but which uses rollers to move the barges aboard the ship; ...
Head into the wind, make certain your centerboard is all the way down, and take down both sails. Secure the mainsail by wrapping it up in itself, and use the mainsheet to lash it to the boom.
And there you have it! Traditionally sailors practiced this knot until they could do it with their eyes closed or hands behind their back - you never know what conditions you may find yourself in when you have to lash a line securely.
your steering wheel all the way to windward and lock it. To make things clear, since you are now on a starboard tack, turn your wheel all the way to starboard. If your boat has a tiller, push the tiller all the way toward your main sail and lash it.
Lash To tie something with a line. Launch (1) to put a boat in the water. (2) a small boat used to ferry people to and from a larger vessel. Lead line A line with a weight on the end used to measure depth.
 See also: Light, Hull, Point, Running, High
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