A mast head fitting with a wind vane arrow and two aft-facing legs that approximately coincide with the close-hauled apparent wind angle.
WINDLASS: A power winch on the bow of the vessel to pull the anchor up, usually electric.
WINDWARD: Toward the ...
Windward side:
The side opposite to that on which the mainsail is carried or, in the case of a square-rigged vessel, the side opposite to that on which the largest fore-and-aft sail is carried.
windward
In the direction of the wind. Opposite of leeward.
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Windward See Leeward and Windward .
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Windward - against the wind
Windward - the side of direction from which the wind is blowing ...
Windward: The side or direction from which the wind is coming. The windward side of a ship or boat is the one the wind blows onto.
Windward: the side of the boat that the wind is coming from.
Leeward: the side of the boat away from the wind.
Starboard tack: When the wind comes from the right to the left, it blows over the starboard side of the boat.
Windward - towards or into the wind. The direction from which the wind is blowing. (See Leeward.)
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Windward - Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.
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Yacht - A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.
Windward
Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.
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Windward Direction toward the wind.
Yard A spar suspended from a mast, to spread a sail.
Yaw When the ship's head is swung by the action of the waves.
windward - The direction from where the wind is blowing.
wing and wing - A schooner before the wind with the main sail off the lee quarter, and the foresail boomed out to windward.
Windward
upwind
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The Windward Islands
Barbados
On the radio, AM 900 transmits hourly weather up-dates (there's a good one after the 0700 news) and although Barbados is some way from the islands, ...
Windward
Upwind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing: the opposite of leeward.
Wind Waves ...
Windward - Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.
Wishbone - A boom composed of two separate curved pieces, one on either side of the sail. With this rig, sails are usually self tending and loose-footed.
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Windward - Toward or into the source of the wind
Windward - Toward the wind, opposite of leeward
Windward Side - Side of the boat the wind is hitting - opposite side boom is on ...
The windward spinnaker sheet.
Guy hook
Hooked adjuster plate under which the spinnaker guy is hooked while the spinnaker is set.
climb to windward
hike
Leaning out over the side of the boat to counteract heel.
A beat to windward in heavy weather.
harden
1) To harden up is to head up. 2) To harden a sail is to trim it until it stops luffing; a sail is full when it is hard.
Beating to windward may be described as the method by which a vessel forces her way by a series of angles in the direction from which the wind is blowing. Some vessels will sail closer to the wind than others.
Windward
Leeward and Windward
A boat's leeward side is the side that is or, when she is head to wind, was away from the wind. However, when sailing by the lee or directly downwind, her leeward side is the side on which her mainsail lies.
On the windward side of the channel.
In the middle of the Channel.
On the leeward side of the channel.
It does not matter since the other boats in the marina will shield the wind.
Upwind
To windward, in the direction of the eye of the wind.
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A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).
Way
Movement of a vessel through the water such as headway, sternway or leeway.
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wind rose: a diagram usually shown on pilot charts that indicates the frequency and intensity of wind from different directions for a particular place. windward: toward the wind. working end: the fastened or manipulated end of a line.
WEATHER SIDE-Windward side of a sailboat.
WHISKER POLE-A light spar positioned between the mast and the clew of the jib to hold out the sail when running before the wind.
WINDWARD-Toward the wind.
When sailing, the windward side bilgeboard is retracted into the hull of the boat, so that it produces no drag. The leeward side foil provides the lift to counter the lateral force of the sail, and converts it into forward motion.
Aback - Condition of sail when the wind pressure is on the leeward or forward side, with sails backed or trimmed to windward (wind on the wrong side of the sails) Also known as "backwinded" ...
The board to leeward is dropped, the board to windward is kept up.
Leech The aft edge of a triangular sail.
Leech line A line running through the leech of the sail, used to tighten it.
Opposite of windward. Leeway The sideways movement of a boat away from the wind, usually unwanted. Keels and other devices help prevent a boat from having excessive leeway. Life jacket A device used to keep a person afloat.
A short line securing a reefed sail to a boom ease To loosen or let out ease in To go slowly ease off or foot To allow the boat to run slightly leeward of its most windward course ease the helm To permit the tiller to regress an ...
to windward and back from Sandy Hook lightship, between J. C. Stevens's new centre-board sloop " Maria," 170 tons, loo ft. water-line and 26 ft. 8 in. beam, with a draught of 5 ft. 3 in.
beat: to go to windward in a sailboat by sailing alternate legs, with the wind first on one side and then on the other.
BEAT To sail obliquely to windward. BEND To make fast, eg to bend a sail onto a yard. A knot used to bend one rope onto another.
formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward.
ABACK - Said of a sail when its sheet is to windward and it drives the vessel astern.
ABAFT - Toward the rear (stern) of the boat. Behind. ABEAM - At right angles to the keel of the boat, but not on the boat. ABOARD - On or within the boat.
Opposite of windward.
Aloft - Above the deck of the boat.
Amidships - In or toward the center of the boat.
Anchorage - A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.
Apparent Wind - (see Relative Wind).
Opposite of windward.
LEEWAY: The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
MARINE ENGINEERING: Propulsion and systems within the ship. (Pumps, power generation, air & water systems etc) ...
WEATHER HELM A condition in which the tiller must be held toward the windward side of a sailing vessel in order to maintain course. A slight amount (3 to 7 degrees) is desirable.
Opposite side of windward.
Leeway: Distance a boat drifts off course due to wind.
Lift: The energy generated by sail, hull or foils that moves a boat windward.
" In this case the "windward side," as defined in paragraph (b) would be the port side and the vessel would be said to be on the "port tack.
We chased the puffs, feathering to windward, accelerating dramatically out of the tacks. I have immediate confidence in a boat that heels quickly, then steadies and goes like a train.
when both have the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward; ...
Opposite of windward.
LEEWAY - The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
LENGTH OVERALL, LOA - The total length of a boat.
LENGTH WATER LINE, LWL - length of the boat touching the water ...
Although both courses are windward/leeward in orientation, they measure different lengths. Course A is the America's Cup course, a six-leg windward/leeward measuring 18.5 nautical miles.
Then, back the jib to the windward side and cleat it. That way you can maintain an equilibrium between the mainsail forcing the wind forward and the jib forcing the boat back.
If the two sailboats are on the same tack then the windward boat must give way to the leeward boat.
Both the ketch and yawl can be balanced under a wide variety of reduced sail combinations in a blow and, to many cruising skippers, this handiness more than offsets the loss of a fraction of a knot to windward.
Lay line: The course on which your boat, sailing close - hauled on starboard tack, can just make a windward mark which is to be rounded to port is the starboard - tack lay line for that mark, ...
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Tack- To sail to windward by alternating courses, staying as close to the wind as possible. To zigzag into the wind.
Telltale- Any lightweight device attached to mast or shrouds to indicate apparent wind.
On the windward side the sail is spread with a spinnaker boom to hold it broad, see stamp to the left. To the right you can see a gennaker, a mixture of a spinnaker and a genoa. This sail doesn't need a spinnaker boom.
hike
To lean out on the windward side of a sailboat to achieve optimal speed by offsetting heeling.
hitch
Steel framework on a tow vehicle used to hook up a trailer.
Notes. - For the ropes that appear to windward,
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Be careful not to bring the boom to windward of the centerline, however. This causes a loss of power.
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Moving the crew's weight to or past the windward rail to counteract the heeling of a boat. Typically seen when boats are racing.
Hiking Stick ...
In sailboat racing, to disturb the wind of a windward boat by positioning your boat a bit ahead and to leeward.
Leeward: Away from the wind. A leeward yacht is one that has another yacht between it and the wind (opposite of windward).
Life Raft: An inflatable craft into which the crew of a yacht transfers if the yacht intends to sink.
They provide much more righting moment for a lot less weight, as the keel moves out to the windward-side of the boat. The perpendicular distance from weight to pivot is increased, therefore a larger righting moment is produced.
Warp: Anchor line or mooring line
Weather shore: The shore if wind blows strongly offshore
Winch: A device that is used to pull in sheets
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