LEE SHORE: Shoreline downwind of a boat (to be avoided).
LEECH: The trailing edge of a sail.
LEEWARD: The direction away from the wind. Opposite of windward
LEEWAY: The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
Lee Shore:
A shore that wind blows onto; it is best to stay well off a lee shore in a storm
Leeboards:
Boards fixed vertically to a boat to prevent leeway ...
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 Shore - Land downwind of a boat
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 ...
Lee shore - A shore downwind of a ship. A ship which cannot sail well to windward risks being blown onto a lee shore and grounded.
Leeway - The amount that a ship is blown leeward by the wind. See also weatherly.
clawing off When a sailboat is caught on a lee shore and has to work her way clear cleat 1. A wood or metal fitting for securing a line without a hitch; 2.
We were caught in a southerly gale in the English Channel, and under trysail and spitfire jib we were doing our best to claw off a lee shore. I had been at the tiller nearly all night, and when day broke I was thoroughly exhausted.
A-luff (or aloof) describes a vessel which may be sailing along a lee shore, bearing up, pinching her head high into wind to prevent her being set ashore. To luff up is to point the sail further in to wind - to pinch in fact.
Kurt says that all catamarans are on a continuum between 'full-on racer and a houseboat,' and that lately the houseboat models have been the most popular and being able to claw off of a lee shore is not as important.
CLAW OFF To beat off a (usually dangerous) lee shore. CLEAT A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
This is often the case when you drag onto a lee shore. In that instance, and in ours, the sooner you set the kedge the better, although it is much harder to set when aground on a dangerous lee shore.
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. A lee shore is the one the wind blows onto or towards. To run to the lee is to sail downwind, towards the lee shore.
A lee shore is land onto which the wind is blowing from the water. Leeward (lee) helm, see helm. "Lee-oh" is the British equivalent of "hard alee" -- the command when tacking.
claw - To hang well to windward, as to "claw off a lee shore."
claw to windward - To beat to windward under difficulties. To claw off a lee shore is to boat off and avoid getting stranded.
Claw off Working a vessel to windward off a lee shore.
Cleat A two pronged device for making ropes fast.
Clew The corner of the sail where the leech meets the foot.
Lee: The direction toward which the wind blows; an object sheltered from the wind is "in the lee." A lee shore is the coast lying in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
Leeboards: Anti-drift boards attached to the gunwale.
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.
Lee Shore - land downwind of a boat.
Leeward - downwind; away from the source of wind.
Leeway - boat's sideways movement through the water, due to the wind pushing it to leeward.
List - sideways tilt of a boat due to poor boat trim.
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 and ...
It's often difficult for a sailboat to get away from a lee shore (with the wind blowing onto it).
LEE SHORE - One onto which wind or current could force a boat.
LEE SIDE - The side opposite that from which the wind blows.
LEEWARD - Direction away from the wind: downwind. (Pronounced loo-rd.) ...
 See also: Boom, Boat, Shore, Leeward, Deck
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