Similar to a Barber hauler, a twing adjusts the angle of sheeting.

Boat: smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not under sail.   Rig: two masts, aft one is smaller (shorter) and located astern of rudder post.

  a fore-sail flying above and forward of the jib, usually seen on bowsprit vessels.

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.

A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.

Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.

A short spar, normally kept stowed, which may be used to push the clew of a jib away from the boat when the boat is running downwind.

device used for steering a boat.

A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).

Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.