sailcloth - A fabric, usually synthetic, used to make sails.
sailing directions - Books that describe features of particular sailing areas, such as hazards, anchorages, etc.
Sailcloth
A fabric, usually synthetic, used to make sails.
Sail shape
The shape of a sail, with regard to its efficiency. In high winds, a sail would probably be flatter, in low winds rounder. Other circumstances can cause a sail to twist.
Sailcloth is typically made from PET fibers also known as polyester or under the brand name Dacron; colorful lightweight spinnakers are usually made of nylon.
Dacron sailcloth that has been treated to make it especially resistant to stretch. The sail is stiff, almost like light metal.
yawl
See rig.
sailmaker's palm: a stiff leather strap that fits around the hand and contains an inverted metal thimble, used to push a sailmaker's needle through heavy sailcloth-also called a palm thimble or palm.
batten Flexible strips of wood or plastic placed in a pocket in the leech of a sail to help the sail hold its form batten down To secure or make watertight, especially hatches and cargo batten pocket Long narrow "tube" of sailcloth into ...
WARP - The threads that run lengthwise in a woven sailcloth across the fill threads. SAIL, SOCK-TYPE A sail with a longitudinal sleeve sewn into the luff edge. This "sock" is meant to slide over the mast.
Dacron: A white woven sailcloth made of polyester fiber. Brand name by DuPont.
Dead Downwind: Sailing straight with the wind.
Deck: Horizontal surface or platform of a yacht.
For the various types of sail see Rigging, and for the textile material used see Sailcloth below. The origin of the O. Eng. segl or segel and its cognates, e.g. Dutch zeil, Dan. sell, Ger. Segel, &c.
Note the blue protective cloth along the sail's edges completely covers the white sailcloth when the sail is furled. This is important protection against the sun's UV rays, which gradually break down the fabric used in most cruising sails.
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nylon - A polyamide synthetic material; Material used for rope and sailcloth, when elasticity is desired; Hard nylon is used sheaves and other rigging parts.
oar - A stick with a flat paddle on one or bothe ends. Used to propel small boats.
Tightely woven cloth used for sails, covers, dodgers and biminis. Typically made from cotton, hemp or linen. Modern sails are made out of synthetic materials generally known as sailcloth. A slang word for a "sail".
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 See also: Boat, Mast, Sailing, Sailboat, Point
  
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