Pintles -- The metal hooks by which rudders are attached to the gudgeons.
Pole mast -- A mast without a topmast, but with a long masthead above the hounds.
Put about -- To tack.
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.
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-An eye fitting into which the rudder's pintles are inserted.
GUNKHOLING-Shallow-water sailing and anchoring in out-of-the-way places.
HALYARD-A line used to hoist a sail. Also spelled halliard.
An outboard rudder (transom-mounted rudder) hangs off the stern on gudgeons and pintles. A canting rudder swings sideways as the boat heels so it remains vertical and provides best performance. A popup rudder lifts in shallow water.
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.
Unship the Rudder: Remove the rudder, lifting the pintles out of the gudgeons.
Warp: a dockline for a ship.
 See also: Point, Pintle, Stern, Hold, Boat
  
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