veer
Turn away from the wind. A wind change clockwise. To veer a cable is to let it out more.
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veer - A shifting of the wind direction, opposite of backing. Clockwise in the northern hemisphere, counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Veer
A shifting of the wind direction, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Veer- To change directions suddenly. To change direction clockwise.
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Waterline- The theoretical line on the hull where the boat meets the water.
Veer To ease out a cable. A clockwise shift of the wind.
Warping Moving a vessel by means of a hawser.
Weather helm A boat has weather helm when it has a tendency to turn up into the wind.
veer and haul - To slacken up a rope, and then haul on it suddenly, in order that those who are hauling on it may acquire a momentum. Pulling by jerks.
"veer out the cable" - The order to pay out or slack away cable.
VEER-Wind shift in a clockwise direction.
WAKE-The foamy path of disturbed water left behind a moving boat.
WATERLINE-The line painted on a boat's side indicating the proper trim.
Veer - A change of direction
Vertical Drive - Often used to describe the inboard outboard sterndrive
Visibility Table - Lists the distance from a light appearing on horizon for each foot of height. Square root of height times 117 ...
yaw
To veer off course.
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Small pieces of zinc that attach to metal boat and engine components to help protect them from corrosion due to electrolysis, an effect caused when dissimilar metals are placed in a saltwater solution.
veer: the wind is said to veer when it shifts in a clockwise direction, as from north to northeast. When the wind shifts counter-clockwise, it is said to back.
Back - The wind shifts in a counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere (opposite of VEER); the wind is said to back when it changes contrary to its normal pattern.
Of wind, to change in a counterclockwise direction, as would be seen looking down from above the earth; Compare to veer back a sail To hold a sail so that the wind will blow aft, against its forward side, ...
BACK - Change in direction of the wind in counterclockwise direction, see veer.
BACKSTAY - Part of the standing rigging, usually cable, that supports the mast from aft.
BALLAST - Extra weight carried low in a vessel to increase stability.
ease, ease out, crack, veer out
Reduce pressure or tension. To ease a sheet is to let it go a little. To ease the helm is to reduce weather helm. When the wind or sea eases, its force is reduced. Compare with cast off, let fly, let go, pay out, start.
Change in direction of the wind in a counterclockwise direction. See Veer.
To push a sail out so that the wind fills the opposite side.
A stay, fitted as standing rigging to halt any forward movement of in the mast.
You also want to know which way your boat backs up, if you have never tried this before. Sailboats, when backed up, have a strong tendency to veer to one side or the other, depending on the propeller rotation.
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yachtingTo cruise in a motor yacht that typically ranges from 40- to 89- feet long. yawTo veer off course.
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V BOTTOM - A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".
VEER - To change direction while underway.
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away from the wind, allowing it to hit your sails from the stern and slap the boom across the boat with all the force the wind can offer. This extreme shift can throw the boat over on its side and in heavy seas can cause the boat to broach--veer ...
requires the give-way (overtaking) vessel to keep well clear of the vessel to be passed. Keeping well clear while overtaking is especially important because the potentially strong hydrodynamic interactive forces may cause one or both vessels to veer ...
 See also: Wind, Line, Boat, Counter, Light
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