ASA 101 - Sailing Made Easy - Terms,
Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail
Hull
The watertight structural shell of a ship.
Deck
The commonly horizontal floor that encloses the pinnacle of the hull.
Cockpit
The place of the boat, generally recessed into the deck, from which the boat is suggested
and sailed
Transom
The flat floor that closes the hull on the stern
Bow
The forward part of the boat
Stern
The aft a part of the boat
Rudder
The movable appendage attached to a ship under the water and with which it could be
instructed
Helm
The tiller or wheel with which the boat is recommended
Stanchion
A metallic post that helps lifelines
Lifeline
, A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent crew from falling
overboard
Pulpit
A guardrail at the bow or stern of a ship to which the lifelines are linked
Mast
(Rig) A constant vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails
Boom
(Rig) The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail
Gooseneck
(Rig) An articulated fitting that connects a increase to a mast
Spreader
(Rig) An athwartships strut on a mast that holds a shroud away from the mast
Shroud
(Rig) A twine that gives athwartships assist to the mast
Headstay/Forestay
(Rig) The live between the top of the mast and the bow
Backstay
(Rig) A cord help from the pinnacle of the mast to the stern
Mainsail
(Rig) The sail connected to the aft side of the mainmast
Headsail/Jib/Genoa
(Rig) A sail set ahead of the forwardmost mast
Halyard
(Rig) A line used to raise and lower a sail
Sails, Sail Controls, Points of Sail
Hull
The watertight structural shell of a ship.
Deck
The commonly horizontal floor that encloses the pinnacle of the hull.
Cockpit
The place of the boat, generally recessed into the deck, from which the boat is suggested
and sailed
Transom
The flat floor that closes the hull on the stern
Bow
The forward part of the boat
Stern
The aft a part of the boat
Rudder
The movable appendage attached to a ship under the water and with which it could be
instructed
Helm
The tiller or wheel with which the boat is recommended
Stanchion
A metallic post that helps lifelines
Lifeline
, A wire supported on stanchions around the perimeter of the deck to prevent crew from falling
overboard
Pulpit
A guardrail at the bow or stern of a ship to which the lifelines are linked
Mast
(Rig) A constant vertical spar that holds up a sail or sails
Boom
(Rig) The spar that supports the foot of the mainsail
Gooseneck
(Rig) An articulated fitting that connects a increase to a mast
Spreader
(Rig) An athwartships strut on a mast that holds a shroud away from the mast
Shroud
(Rig) A twine that gives athwartships assist to the mast
Headstay/Forestay
(Rig) The live between the top of the mast and the bow
Backstay
(Rig) A cord help from the pinnacle of the mast to the stern
Mainsail
(Rig) The sail connected to the aft side of the mainmast
Headsail/Jib/Genoa
(Rig) A sail set ahead of the forwardmost mast
Halyard
(Rig) A line used to raise and lower a sail
