PINCH: To sail as close as possible towards the wind.
PISTON HANKS: Snap-on devices for attaching a sail to a stay.
PITCH: 1) The alternate rise and fall of the bow of a vessel proceeding through waves. 2) The theoretical distance advanced by a ...
Pinch
Steering a sailboat too close to the eye of the wind, causing the sails to flap.
Pitch
1) A fore and aft rocking motion of a boat.
2) How much a propeller is curved.
3) A material used to seal cracks in wooden planks.
Pinch - to sail as close as possible towards the wind
Point - to turn closer towards the wind (point up)
Port - the left side of the boat ...
pinch, squeeze, feather
To sail so close to the wind that the sails are slightly luffing. See high.
pintle ...
Crushed or Pinched - where the victim is injured in this manner by a vessel or its appurtenances. Such injury might occur while docking, handling lines, by doors, hatches, weights, etc.
Pinch - To sail too close to the wind so that the sails start to luff.
Pinching - Sailing too close to the wind
Pinnace - Formerly, a small, two-masted sailing vessel sometimes with oars.
pinch: to sail as close as possible towards the wind. pintle: metal pin on which the rudder is hung. pitch: plunging of a vessel fore and aft. point: to turn closer towards the wind (point up).
Pinch - to sail as close as possible towards the wind
Pintle- a vertical pin forming part of the hinge of a rudder. it may fit in to a gudgeon or ring on the sternpost ...
Pinch - to sail as close as possible towards the wind
Pinching: See Feathering.
pitch -- plunging of a vessel fore and aft
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The only time a mariner would pinch would be to deliberately slow his vessel and/or to gain a weather side advantage without tacking (to creep around an obstacle or to deliberately luff up a weather side vessel, ...
Pinch: to sail as close as possible towards the wind.
Pitch: 1) The alternate rise and fall of the bow of a vessel proceeding through waves. 2) The theoretical distance advanced by a propeller in one revolution. 3) Tar and resin used for caulking ...
Don't jam the boat (pinching, over sheeting) keep calm.
Sail the shifts (don't get out of synch).
Is the committee boat putting out a wind shadow? (take care if it's a large launch or yacht).
The pinched stern had been designed out of favor by the New Zealand designers, who proved that it was better to take the aft girth penalty and to give the boat a more effective stern shape with more volume and beam aft.
It is of no avail to pinch a boat for the purpose of keeping her bowsprit pointed for her destination, when it is obvious that she will only fetch a point several miles to leeward.
A cam cleat in which one or two cams pinch the rope but allow the rope to easily be pulled tighter.
A jam cleat in which the line is pinched in a v-shaped slot.
Pinching: Entering the no-sail-zone or sailing just on the boarder to it
Planking: In wooden boats, the boards that cover - sometimes form - the hull and that are attached to the keel and frame ...
clamcleat - A cleat for sheets that pinches, jambs. or wedges the rope to hold it, but can be released with a jerk.
clamp - A wooden vessel's inner plank (longitudinal timber under the shelf) that acts as the bearer of joints or beams.
The bowline will not slip, does not pinch or kink the rope as much as some other knots, and does not jam and become difficult to untie.
Bowline on a Bight: This knot is used to make a pair of fixed loops in the middle or at the end of a line. This is a strong knot and can be used in overboard rescue, towing and in a pinch, ...
Patting your head means back to the dock.
Making a slicing motion at your neck means KILL THE MOTOR NOW!
A smile means you're having fun, If the boat crew pinches the bottom of their nose, it means the skier should clean theirs ...
The tendency, with the long slide, and long type of boat, is to try to avoid " pinch " by adopting the scullers' method of easy beginning, and strong drive with the legs, and sharp finish to follow, ...
Feathering:
Sailing upwind so close to the wind that the forward edge of the sail is stalling or luffing, reducing the power generated by the sail and the angle of heel. Also known as pinching.
Wood or metal used to belay ropes pinch To pull a sail too tight or head the bow of a boat into the wind too much so that the sail begins to luff and boat speed is lost pintle Metal braces or hooks upon which a stern-mounted rudder swings ...
 See also: Boat, Deck, Line, Sailing, Forward
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