SLACK: Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
SLOOP: A single masted vessel with working sails (main and jib) set fore and aft.
SNATCH BLOCK: A block that can be opened to admit the bight of a rope, rather than having to feed the end through.
Slack - Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
Sole - The floor of the cockpit or cabin.
Sounding - A measurement of the depth of water.
Slack
1) A line that is loose. 2) To ease a line.
Slide
Also called a lug. Metal or plastic pieces attached to the forward edge of a sail to allow easy hoisting of a sail.
slack water
A period of almost no water movement between flood and ebb tides
slats ...
slack - The looseness of a line; loose; to ease; not moving.
slack helm - When a vessel carries very little, if any, weather helm.
slack in stays - Slow in coming head to wind, and still slower in paying off.
Slack water Stationary tidal stream.
Slack in stays When vessel is slow in coming about.
Sole The floor of a cabin or cockpit.
Slack Water-Period at the turn of the tide when the water is still, neither rising nor falling.
Tide: The vertical rise and fall of the mass of water in the oceans in response to the gravitational forces of sun and moon.
Slack. A loose leech is a floppy leech on a sail. Compare with tight.
LOP
See position.
SLACK - Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
SOLE - Cabin or saloon floor. Timber extensions on the bottom of the rudder. Also the molded fiberglass deck of a cockpit.
SOUNDING - A measurement of the depth of water.
Slack Water
Minimum velocity of a tidal current (sometimes abbreviated 'Slack').
Slip ...
Slack Water - Brief period between flood and ebb when horizontal flow stops (2-20 min)
Slack Water - The moment when a tidal current changes direction
Sole - A boat's floor ...
Ease -To slacken or relieve tension on a line.
Ease Sheet-To let the sheet out slowly loosen a line while maintaining control,
Ebb -- tide passing from high to low, with the current going out to sea ...
Checking:
Slacking a rope smartly, carefully and in small amounts.
Cheek Block:
A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.
Ease off -- To slacken a rope handsomely.
Eyelet holes -- Small holes worked in sails for lacings or lashings to be rove through.
Eyes of the rigging -- Collars spliced in the ends of shrouds to go over the masthead and also over the deadeyes.
EASE - To slacken or relieve tension on a line.
EBB TIDE - A receding tide.
EVEN KEEL - When a boat is floating on its designed waterline, it is said to be floating on an even keel.
EYE OF THE WIND - The direction from which the wind is blowing.
slack water: the period of little or no current about halfway between maximum flood and maximum ebb currents. slip: a narrow berth for a boat, either at a pier or dock.
EASE: To slacken or relieve tension on a line.
EBB TIDE: A receding tide or current.
ENSIGN: The national flag, or ‘colours’ displayed from aft by all yachts.
A piece of wood or iron let into a slack place in a frame, plank, or plate to fill out a fair surface or line.
Scandalize - To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed. Also used in the past as a sign of mourning.
Scow - 1.
will blow aft, against its forward side, slowing or forcing a boat backwards backstay Rigging wire that leads aft from the top of the mast back wind To throw wind on the leeward side of a sail baggy Of a sail, to hang more or less slack ...
Pay Out - To ease out or slacken a line, chain or cable or let it run in a controlled manner.
Peak - The upper corner of a four sided sail or outer end of the gaff.
Pedestal - Columnar support for the steering wheel in the cockpit.
PAY OUT - Slacken or let out line.
PENDANT - Short rope serving as an extension of a line, chain, cable with a descriptive name based on use, e.g. mooring pendant.
PENNANT - Emblematic flag.
PIER - A loading platform extending out from the shore.
to latch DRAFT the distance from a vessel's water line to the deepest part of the hull; the depth of water necessary to float a vessel EASE OFF to slack off or release tension slowly and smoothly EYE a loop or hole which is spliced or tied on the ...
Ropes, if tight laid, will not easily bend round small sheaves, but will take up a considerable part of the power to force them into their proper direction; hence it follows, that blocks with small pins, large sheaves, and slack-laid ropes, ...
Slack
Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
Slack Water
The calm on the surface of the water, evident as the tide changes.
Sole
Cabin or saloon floor. Timber extensions on the bottom of the rudder.
The sectional shape at the transom is very similar to that of the Antrim boat but not quite so slack in the bilge. The design is also at the class limit for beam at 14 feet, 8 inches, and the transom beam is 93 percent of beam max.
SLACK - Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.
SOUNDING - A measurement of the depth of water.
SPRING LINE - A pivot line used in docking, undocking, or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a dock.
Make sure that you again pull up any slack in the anchor line. The person handling the anchor is responsible for the bow line and the springs. The helmsman is responsible for the stern line only.
We made this crossing at the time of slack water during a neap tide (see above tide table.) There are two hazards in this area: 1) A shoal between Skipjack Island and Waldron Island. 2) The west bank.
In the former condition the vessel is said to be " ardent," and in the latter to be " slack." In order that a vessel may be quick in going about and yet not require too large a helm angle on a straight course, she should be slightly " ardent," i.e.
Start cranking the chain up while it is slack. When you get to the snubber line, stop cranking and simply remove it. Then resume cranking. When the chain is taut again, instruct the helmsman to move the boat forward again.
Slack can be removed on shore at the anchor or on the house boat at a cleat, by a windlass, or hand winch. Use the houseboat's engines as required to help adjust tension on the lines.
Plus, if someone has less time on the water, someone else can pick up the slack. But, there are those sailors who love to go it alone and they are the ones who love the agility and versatility of a one-person dinghy.
Before raising engine check fuel hose. If it has extra slack, (a), then it will kink when the engine is raised (b). To prevent kinking, tuck excess fuel line down below engine mount (c) so that engine can be raised (d).
The wind catches the outboard side of the sail and pushes it across the boat. You, or the crewmember minding the main sheet, takes up the slack as the boom moves across the boat and lets the slack out as it swings to the opposite side of the boat.
Check condition of wires (cracks, slack, corrosion)
Spark plugs
Clean and correct spark plug gap; change as required ...
Sheets have to be freed to the point where slack rope hangs from the blocks (pulleys). If however, a vessel held a downwind course for any length of time prior to gybing, it was customary to over haul the ropes to stop them chaffing the sails.
Please note that many ships require a collared shirt and slacks in their dining rooms. Jeans and t-shirts are often not permitted in the dinning rooms. Many ships also offer a formal night where a jacket and tie may be required ...
(e) If necessary to avoid collision or allow more time to assess the situation, a vessel shall slacken her speed or take all way off by stopping or reversing her means of propulsion.
Slack: loose ropes, lines, wires
Slip: A ramp for launching a boat
Sloop: A boat with only one mast and sail
Sole: The floor in a cabin
Spar: A pole on a boat that is normally used to spread a sail or to support lines and wires ...
Slack Water - the moment when a tidal current changes direction.
Sole - a boat's floor.
Spar - a type of buoy.
Splash-well - The pan area just in front of the transom on
outboard boats that helps keep back-wash
from entering the cockpit area.
 See also: Boat, Secure, Anchor, Running, Point
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