Sailing 2

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  1. mast
    a vertical spar for supporting sails
    MAST, on a sailing ship, vertical or nearly vertical spar, generally made of wood or metal, supporting the accessory spars, including yards, booms, and gaffs, and the sails and rigging.
  2. vertical
    at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
    MAST, on a sailing ship, vertical or nearly vertical spar, generally made of wood or metal, supporting the accessory spars, including yards, booms, and gaffs, and the sails and rigging.
  3. vessel
    an object used as a container, especially for liquids
    The masts of powered vessels are used to carry lights, cranes, and lookout posts.
  4. schooner
    sailing vessel used in former times
    The masts are called foremast and mainmast in the usual two-masted fore-and-aft rigged schooner, and mainmast and mizzen in a ketch or yawl.
  5. ketch
    a sailing vessel with two masts
    The masts are called foremast and mainmast in the usual two-masted fore-and-aft rigged schooner, and mainmast and mizzen in a ketch or yawl.
  6. dinghy
    a small boat of shallow draft
    The term yawl is also applied to a ship's dinghy, or small, oared boat.
  7. galley
    a large medieval vessel with guns at stern and prow
    GALLEY, in maritime history, genre name applied to a variety of large, seagoing warships propelled by oars and, more frequently, by sail.
  8. hull
    dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut
    The earliest galleys probably were long, narrow, open boats of shallow draft, with short decks at the bow and sometimes at the stem, and with a narrow gangway extending down the center of the hull over the thwarts of the rowers.
  9. pivot
    axis consisting of a shaft supporting something that turns
    The oars pivoted on the gunwales or through oar ports cut in the topsides of the hull.
  10. port
    where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
    The oars pivoted on the gunwales or through oar ports cut in the topsides of the hull.
  11. construct
    make by combining materials and parts
    The oars of the third bank apparently pivoted on an outrigger, or rowing frame, constructed by projecting the deck beams outboard and capping them with heavy timber.
  12. timber
    the wood of trees prepared for use as building material
    The oars of the third bank apparently pivoted on an outrigger, or rowing frame, constructed by projecting the deck beams outboard and capping them with heavy timber.
  13. cruise
    travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing
    When cruising, the two- and three-banked vessels commonly used only one bank, the oarsmen working short watches so that all did not become tired at the same time.
  14. craft
    the skilled practice of a practical occupation
    How the oarsmen and oars were arranged in these craft and in the later multibanked ships is not known with certainty, but it seems improbable that the oar-per-man arrangement of the three-banked ships was continued in the four-and five-banked ships.
  15. relatively
    by comparison to something else
    The Liburnian galley was a relatively small vessel designed for speed and using two banks of oars on a side and a large sail.
  16. soldier
    an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
    The Italian galley carried 120 oarsmen and from 40 to 50 soldiers and sailors.
  17. catapult
    an engine providing medieval artillery used during sieges
    At the bow, in the fore end of the rowing frame, was a deck structure in which heavy missile weapons such as catapults and ballistae were located.
  18. crew
    an organized group of workers
    The galley had 150 rowers, and the total crew aboard aggregated from 220 to 230 men.
Created on Fri Aug 30 11:17:24 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 05 15:27:06 EDT 2013)

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