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TABERNACLE - Not a French swear word… A box like support in
which the foot of the mast pivots to facilitate lowering. TABLING
- The folded hem sewn to the edges of a
sail to reinforce them. TACK - The lower forward corner of the sail TACKING - Change tack by putting bow through wind. TAKING WAY OFF - Reducing speed. TAFFRAIL LOG - A propeller drawn through the water that operates an meter on the boat registering the speed and distance sailed TANG -
Metal fitting on top of mast to attach shrouds or stays. TAR –
A sailor TEEM - To pour. To empty. TELLTALES -
Short lengths of wool indicating wind direction. TENDER –
1. A small boat used to transport crew and equipment from shore to a larger
boat. 2. Of a boat, to right itself slowly, a slow period of roll, and little
early stability TENTH WAVE -
Commonly believed to be higher than preceding nine waves. Although it is true
that wind effect causes one wave to override another, and so make a larger wave,
it is not established that the eleventh wave will do this; so making a larger
tenth wave. In some places the fifth wave is consistently larger. THOLE,
THOLE PIN - Metal or wooden peg inserted in gunwale of a boat for oar to
heave against when rowing without crutch or rowlock. THREE
SHEETS IN THE WIND - Said of a man under the influence of drink. A ship
with three sheets in the wind would "stagger to and fro like a drunken
man". Conversely, a drunken man staggers to and fro like a ship with three
sheets in the wind. THWARTSHIPS -
At right angles to the centerline of the boat TIDAL CURRENT –
Current due to tidal action TIDAL RIP – A confused, tumbling surface condition, caused by tidal currents TIDE -
The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans. TILLER - A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor. TOE RAIL - Small rail around the deck of a boat. The toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks. A larger wall is known as a gunwale. TOM COX'S TRAVERSE - Work done by a man who bustles about doing nothing. Usually amplified by adding "running twice round the scuttle butt and once round the longboat". TOPMAST - a second spar carried at the top of the fore or main mast,used to fly more sail. TOPPING
LIFT - A line or wire for lifting the boom TOP
SAIL - A sail set above the gaff TOPSAIL SCHOONER - A schooner with a square rigged sail on forward mast TOPSIDES -
The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to
onto or above the deck. TRACK –
1. A boat’s intended path over the Earth’s surface. 2. A fitting on spars to
accept sail slides or bolt rope TRANSIT - The time steaming from port to the study site and vice versa. TRANSOM -
The stern cross-section of a square sterned boat. TRAVELER - A device that the mainsheet may be attached to which allows
its position to be adjusted. TRICE - To haul up by pulling downwards on a rope that is led through a block or sheave. TRICK –
The period of time during which the steersman remains at the wheel TRIM –
1. The set of a sail. 2. The fore-and-aft or athwartships attitude of a vessel,
with respect to the waterline. 3. To adjust the set of the sails. 4. To alter
the fore-and-aft or athwartships balance of the vessel. TRIMARAN –
A boat with three hulls joined with a common deck. TROUGH –
The hollow between two waves TRUCK –
A cap fitting over the head of a mast. It
may have sheaves for halyards. TRUE COURSE –
The ship’s direction of travel with reference to True North TRUE NORTH –
The direction to the north geographical pole TRUE NORTH POLE –
The position at which the Earth’s axis intersects the surface in the Northern
hemisphere TRUE WIND - The actual direction from which the wind is blowing. TUMBLE HOME –
The amount the sides of a vessel come in from the perpendicular TUNING -
the adjustment of the standing rigging, the sails and the hull to balance the
boat for optimum performance TURNBUCKLE -
A threaded, adjustable rigging fitting, used for stays, lifelines, and sometimes
other rigging. TURN UP - To fasten a rope securely by taking turns around a cleat or bollard. TURN OF THE BILGE - The point where the bottom and the sides of a ship join. TURTLE - To tip the boat over so that the mast is pointing to the bottom of the lake. (Also not a nice place to be) TWO BLOCKED –
When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible |
