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Wake - Moving waves, track or path that a
boat leaves behind it, when moving thu the water
Water-line- The line made by the water's edge when a ship has her full
proportion of stores, and crew on board.
waterline length - The length of the boat at the waterline.
Weigh - To haul up; as, weigh the anchor.
Wheel:
- device used for steering a boat
whip - To bind the strands of a line with a small cord.
Whisker pole - a light spar which holds the jib out when sailing
downwind.
White Caps - Foam on top of waves
Whole Gale -Wind velocity of 48 to 55 knots {force 10 on Beaufort
scale)
Wide berth - To avoid something by a large distance.
Winch - a small horizontal drum device used to assist in
hoisting.
Wind scoop - A funnel used to force wind in a hatch and ventilate the
below decks area
Wing and wing-The situation of a fore-and-aft vessel when she is going
dead before the wind, with her forsail hauled over on one side and her mainsail
on the other.
Windjammer - a
non- nautical term describing square rigged sailing ships and large sailing
merchantman, especially in the last day of commerical sailing. The orginal term
windjamer was intented as insult from the crews of steamships. The return insult
from the sailors was stinkpotter.
Windlass - A mechanical device used to pull in cable or chain,
such as an anchor rode.
Widow-maker:
- a term for the bowsprit (many sailors lost their lives falling off the
bowsprit while tending sails).
Windward - upwind
wing and wing - A method of running before the wind with two
sails set. Usually the mainsail on one side and the fore or headsail on the
other, or one headsail on each side.
Worming
Wind a small rope in the contlines of the strands of cables, shrouds, or stays ;
and spunyarn in those of ropes
Yacht A sailboat or powerboat used for pleasure, not a working boat.
Yankee: - a fore-sail flying above and forward of the jib, usually seen
on bowsprit vessels.
Yard - a spar usually fixed horizontally to a mast to support a square sail.
Yardarm-That part of the yard that lies between the lift and the outer end
Yarn-A sea tale.
Yawl boat: - smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not
under sail.
Yawing - The motion of a ship when she deviates from to the right or
left.
Zenith-The point of the celestial sphere
which is directly overhead.
Zephyr-A gentle breeze. The west wind.
Zodiac-Trade name for inflatable boat.
Zula time --GMT- Greenwich Meridian Time, also known as Universal Time
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