Lee: The downwind side; the direction or side towards which the wind is blowing. The lee side of a boat is sheltered from the wind by the hull of the boat; likewise, the lee of an island is sheltered from the wind.
lee helm - A sailboat's tendency for its bow to turn leeward, or turn away from the wind. The helm put to leeward to luff, or to keep a vessel to or by the wind. Also synonymous with slack helm.
lee side
The side of an object that is sheltered from the wind.
leeway
To slip sideways downwind while moving forward.
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Use the ship as a windbreak to produce calm area downwind of ship.
Leeward ...
Lee
The direction toward which the wind is blowing. The direction sheltered from the wind.
Leeboard
A board placed alongside a berth to keep its occupant from falling out when a boat heels.
Lee / Leeward - the side away from the wind, the direction towards which the wind is blowing. (See Windward.) ...
Lee - The side sheltered from the wind.
Leeway - The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
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Lee Bow: A lee bow maneuver is when two yachts on opposite tacks are on a collision course and the yacht on port tack, which must give way to the yacht on starboard tack, tacks just below the bow of the other yacht, ...
Lee Helm: The tendency of a sailboat to head away from the wind if the helm is released.
Lee side The side away from the wind direction.
Lee tide Tidal stream running with the wind.
Leeward (loo'ard) Direction away from the wind.
Lee, Leeward: The lee side is that side of the ship sheltered from the wind; or, more generally, any object that is away from the wind. The term is also used to indicate that an object that is on that side of the ship.
Lee:
The side of a ship, or a shore location, sheltered from the wind; also used in context to refer to a sheltered place out of the wind, as in the lee of the island; The area to the leeward ...
hard-a-lee - A command to steer the boat downwind.
hard-chined - A hull shape with flat panels that join at sharp angles.
hatch - A sliding or hinged opening in the deck, providing people with access to the cabin or space below.
By the Lee - sailing with the wind coming from behind, and slightly to the side, that the sails are on
Can - a kind of navigation buoy
Capsize - to turn a boat over ...
by the lee
Sailing downwind with the wind blowing over the leeward side of the boat.
by the wind ...
Lee Shore
The shore that the wind is blowing toward. It is important to keep distance from the lee shore because the boat will be blown toward it if control of the vessel is lost.
Leeboards ...
LEE SHORE-A shore on the side of the boat away from the wind.
LEE SIDE-The side of the boat away from the wind.
LEEWARD-In the direction away from the wind.
LEE - The side sheltered from the wind.
LEEWARD - The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward.
LEEWAY - The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
Lee Side
The side away or opposite that from which the wind blows. Also, an area sheltered from the wind.
Leeward ...
Lee Shore - Shore that has wind blowing onto it from the water. Where as “In the Lee' refers to a being protected from the wind
Leeward - Downwind; away from the source of wind ...
A lee wave resulting from air flowing over a mountain range.
Murphy's Law ...
John Lee, the director of production for Container Yachts, provided details on how the Far Harbor 39 is loaded, unloaded and reassembled. Once the boat is hauled out of the water, the keel, rudder, rig and saildrive are all removed.
Burdened Vessel - Any boat that must give way to another having the right of way.
By the Lee - That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows.
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Bilgeboards Similar to centerboards, and used to prevent lee way. Bilgeboards are located on either side of the centerline at the bilges.
Binnacle A support for the compass, raising it to a convenient position.
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 tie down, secure LEE ...
Beckets- Short ropes used in several parts of a ship, to confine large ropes, or to hang up the weather sheets and lee tacks of "the main and fore-sail to the foremost main and fore " shrouds.
unbend To cast adrift or untie under bare poles With no sails set under lay To make the "last tack" too early so that the mark cannot be rounded without another tack under the lee Protected from the wind by land, another boat, ...
lee -- the side away from the direction of the wind, also used in context to refer to a sheltered place out of the wind, as in the lee of the island ...
Lee - The side sheltered from the wind
lee cloths - a cloth hung on the lee side of a berth (the down side when the boat has heel to it) to keep one from rolling out of their bunk ...
You will observe that she inclines less to the puffs under the pressure of the reduced sail, and that the lee gunwale is always well clear of the water.
Lee cloths for the cabin berths. Comfort and security for the off-watch crew to sleep below.
3-burner propane stove with oven. Able to cook pretty much whatever we want.
Instructions for all the equipment.
leeDirection toward which the wind blows. lee sideThe side of an object that is sheltered from the wind. leewayTo slip sideways downwind while moving forward. lifelineSafety lines on deck that are grabbed to prevent falling overboard.
Though we used to make a bob or two nicking the brass tanks and selling them to Mr Lee down the layby, they run just as well with a bit of surgical tube straight out of the jerry can as long as the mix is 5 to 1 and forget about clean seas.
(See LEE HELM) WINDWARD Toward the direction from which the wind is coming. The windward side of a hull receives the force of the wind. The leeward side is the "calm& or protected side.
Note the lee boards on the side of this vessel which project out at a slight angle. This design is characteristic of wooden boats built in the Netherlands.
A small swing by the lee actually results in an exaggerated swing of the apparent wind by the lee.
The Lee side is the side of the ship sheltered from the wind. A lee shore is a shore that is downwind of a ship. If a ship does not have enough "leeway" it is in danger of being driven onto the shore.
Buoy: A floating anchored object used to mark the navigable limits of channels, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, etc.
By the Lee: Sailing downwind with the wind blowing over the leeward side of the boat.
By the Wind: Sailing close-hauled.
A specialty of this ship type were the 'lee-sails' attached to the outer ends of the yards (very good recognizable on the stamp). On courses with aft winds they were set with extension spars fastened to the normal yards.
A vessel hove-to for a pilot (Fig. 81), should distribute oil from the weather side and lee quarter. The pilot-boat runs up to windward and lowers a boat, which pulls down to leeward and around the vessel's stern.
Without undue strain. When there is very little weather helm or lee helm the boat has an easy helm. If the boat is not rolling or pitching, she has an easy motion.
ebb, ebb tide
See tide.
Permanent preventers can be rigged from the boom on both sides, running forward to blocks at the rail and then back to the cockpit. Such preventers can be left in place, cleated tight in the cockpit on the lee side as needed and released on the ...
Instead it is shown that the air in the slot is slowed down and its pressure increased reducing the tendency of the mainsail to stall, that the mainsail reduces the air pressure on the lee side of the jib accelerating that airflow, ...
It can be also used it when rendezvous-ing with the dinghy (if you are single handed sailing whilst crew were ashore in dinghy) - it made getting the crew back on board a snap. For this you obviously have to have enough sea room clear of a lee shore ...
It's often difficult for a sailboat to get away from a lee shore (with the wind blowing onto it).
 See also: Boat, Wind, Sail, Sailing, Point
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