pintle
A pin used to attach a stern mounted rudder. The hole that the pin fits is known as a gudgeon.
pitch ...
Pintle A vertical pin on which the rudder is shipped.
Pitching A ship's movement in a seaway in a fore and aft direction.
Pooped A term to indicate that a heavy sea has come inboard over the stern.
pintles - The metal hooks by which rudders are attached to the gudgeon sockets.
Pipe - To summon men to duty by a whistle from the boatswain's call.
pipe up - The wind is said to pipe up when it increases in strength suddenly.
PINTLE-Metal braces or hooks upon which the rudder of a boat swings.
POINT-To sail as close as possible to the wind.
PORT-Left side of a boat, facing toward the bow.
pintle
A fitting for attaching an outboard rudder to a transom. It is a rod that fits into an eye (gudgeon).
pitch ...
Pintle - A tapered metal pin which fastens the rudder to the stern by dropping into gudgeons.
Pipe - Another name for the bo'sun's whistle.
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).
GUDGEONS AND PINTLES Hardware used to connect an "outboard" rudder to the back of the boat. The pintle has a pin (male part), The gudgeon accepts the pintle (female part).
RUDDER BANDS The bands that are placed on each side of a rudder to help brace it and tie it into the pintles. RUDDER CHAINS The chains whereby a rudder is sometimes fastened to the stern.
The whole were fastened together by iron bands called pintle straps, which had at the forward end a pin or pintle, which fitted into braces, i.e. fixed rings on the stern post, so that the rudder hung on hinges.
Pintle- a vertical pin forming part of the hinge of a rudder. it may fit in to a gudgeon or ring on the sternpost
Pirate -One who commits piracy by engaging in robbery, pillaging, or plundering at sea ...
Where a vessel's rudder is mounted on the centre-line, it is usual to hang it on gudgeons and pintles, the latter being upright pins and the former, rings to fit round them. Together, they form a hinge.
Gudgeon
A socket the pintle (pin or bolt used as a pivot) of the rudder sits in.
Gunnel, gunwale
Pronounced "gun-nel." The rail around the edge of a boat. Smaller versions are called toe rails.
A fitting into which the rudder pintle is inserted which allows the rudder to pivot.
Gunwale
The upper edge of the side of the hull.
gudgeons - Metal eye bolts fitted to the stern post to receive the pintles of the rudder.
gunter rig - Similar to a gaff rig, except that the spar forming the "gaff" is hoisted to an almost vertical position, extending well above the mast.
A sailing rudder is usually seized (tied by rope) to a simple pair of pointless (hinge pins) on the transom. The bottom pintle should be longer so the rudder can be mounted one point at a time. The rope keeps the rudder from floating off in a wave.
Unship the Rudder: Remove the rudder, lifting the pintles out of the gudgeons.
Warp: a dockline for a ship.
The hole in which the pin from a stern mounted rudder fits. The pin is known as a pintle.
gunkholing
Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
Gudgeon:
A ring:shaped fitting into which the rudder pintle is inserted which allows the rudder to pivot.
Gunkholing:
Cruising in shallow water and spending the nights in coves.
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 ...
GUDGEON - A metal bracket attached to the sternpost into which a rudder pintle was hung; the female part of a rudder hinge.
GUY - A line used to control the end of a spar.
 See also: Boat, Point, Rudder, Line, Boom
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