Practical Boat-Sailing Part 16

TAUT.--Tight.

TAUNT.--Long, lofty.

TENDER.--A small boat or wherry used to pa.s.s from the yacht to the sh.o.r.e.

TO TOW.--To drag any thing astern behind the yacht; as, to tow the tender.

TRUCK.--The small ball at the topmasthead, through which the signal-halliards reeve.

TROUGH OF THE SEA.--The level of the water between two waves.

TURNING TO WINDWARD.--Tacking.

UNBEND.--To cast off, to release; as, "Unbend the anchor from the cable!" "Unbend the mainsail!"--roll it up and put it below.

TO UNSHIP.--To take any thing from the place where it was fixed; as, to "unship the rudder."

WAKE.--The track, or furrow, left by the yacht on the water she has pa.s.sed over.

TO WEAR.--To turn a yacht round _from_ the wind,--the direct opposite of tacking.

TO WARP.--To move a yacht by hawsers.

WATCH.--A division of the crew into starboard and larboard watch, who take turns in taking care of the yacht.

WATER-LOGGED.--The condition of a yacht when she is so full of water as to be almost unmanageable, and nearly submerged.

WAY.--Progress through the water: "she has good way on." To a boat's crew, to cease pulling, the command is given, "Way enough."

TO WEATHER A YACHT.--To get to the windward side by faster speed, or lying nearer the wind.

WEATHER BEATEN.--Worn by the weather and exposure.

WELL OF ALL.--A command used when the several ropes of a sail have all been hauled upon at the same time, and it is perfectly set, and means to belay.

TO WEIGH.--To lift an anchor from the bottom.

WIND'S EYE.--The exact direction from which the wind proceeds.

TO WINDWARD.--Towards that point from which the wind blows.

TO WORK TO WINDWARD.--To tack so as to make progress in the direction from which the wind blows.

YACHT.--A vessel used for pleasure only, and not for commerce or trade; built for speed and comfort.

TO YAW.--To swerve suddenly and violently from the true course, in spite of the action of the rudder.