Showing posts with label nautical terms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nautical terms. Show all posts

20180809

10 Nautical Terms from Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers


1. Davit - device for hoisting and lowering a boat
2. Taffrail - rail round the stern of a ship
3. Mizzen-mast - mast aft or next aft of the mainmast in a ship
4. Lee-boards - a lifting foil used by a sailboat, much like a centreboard, but located on the leeside
5. Bowsprit - spar that extends at bows of a ship
6. Jib - small triangular sail extending from the head of the foremast
7. Bumpkin - spar projecting from stern of ship
8. Schooner - a yacht with two masts of which the foremost is shorter than the mizzen (opposite of a ketch rig)
9. Yawl - ship’s small boat; sailboat carrying mainsail and one or more jibs
10. Ketch-rigged - this refers to how the sails are configured. A ketch is a two-masted sailing craft whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast. The name "ketch" is derived from "catch" or fishing boat