Seamanship: And Its Associated Duties in the Royal Navy : Together with a Treatise on Nautical Surveying for the Use of Officers on General Service |
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abaft anchor angle beam bend bight block boat bolt boom bowline bows bowsprit brace breadth bring burton cable capstan centre chain clew clewlines cringle cross-trees deck Ditto double downhaul eye splice fathoms feet fitted Flemish eye fore fore-and-aft foremost gantlines guys half-hitch halyards haul hawser head heave heel hitch hoist hole hook hove inboard inches jackstay jib-boom keep knot lanyard lashed length let go lift lower luff main yard mainsail martingale mast mast-head mizen nettles passed pendant pinnace port purchase quarter ratline reef reeve rigging rope round seizing round turns rove sail sail-tackle secured seizing sennit shackle sheet ship ship's shroud side slings spanker spar splice square starboard stays staysail stowed strain strands studding-sail sway tack tackle taut thimble toggle tons top-gallant topmast topsail trestle-trees turns upper weather weight whip wind yard-arm yarns
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