snap hook - A metal fitting with a arm that uses a spring to close automatically when connected to another object.
snatch block - A block that can be opened on one side, allowing it to be place on a line that is already in use.
hank - A small snap hook to secure the jib luff to the headstay.
"Hank for hank" - Slang for "tack for tack."
harbor - A safe anchorage; an anchorage protected from most storms; a location for loading/unloading a vessel.
To move sideways in the water, as in side slip sloop A single-masted sailboat in which the mast is set amidships snap hook A metal device with a spring catch to attach one thing to another snatch block A block with an open or hinged ...
 See also: Pole, Shore, Reach, Chart, Keel
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