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ASA 101Keel - ✅✅-the longitudinal structure along the centerline at the bottom of a vessel's hull
Bow Pulpit - ✅✅-railing at the bow of a boat
Transom - ✅✅-back of boat, flat surface
Mast - ✅✅-upright center post holding sails
Boom - ✅✅-post across bottom of main sail
Gooseneck - ✅✅-connects boom to mast
Bow - ✅✅-front of boat
Stern - ✅✅-back of boat
Tiller - ✅✅-hooked to top of rudder to steer boat
Rudder - ✅✅-hooked to stern in to water to steer
Standing Rigging - ✅✅-ropes and cables that support mast
Shroud - ✅✅-wires from hull to mast on the sides of then oat sometimes connected to
spreader
Spreader - ✅✅-post from mast to shroud
Chainplate - ✅✅-hooks shroud to hull
Headstay / Forestay - ✅✅-wire from top of mast to front of hull
Backstay - ✅✅-wire from top of mast to back of hull
Stanchion - ✅✅-post that holds lifeline
Lifeline - ✅✅-runs around side of boat on top of stanchion
Winch - ✅✅-mechanical device to tighten lines
Cleat - ✅✅-device to attach ropes to boat
Fender - ✅✅-put between boat and dock for protection
Block - ✅✅-pulley is called a block on a boat
, Fairlead - ✅✅-ring mounted to guide a roap
Mainsail - ✅✅-primary sail behind the mast
Jib / Genoa - ✅✅-sail in front of mast
Tack - ✅✅-turning front of boat in to and through the wind
Head - ✅✅-top corner of the sail
Batten - ✅✅-solid slats or rods in batten pockets to help sail retain airfoil
Bolt Rope - ✅✅-think rope sewn on to the foot of the sail that slides in to a groove along
the top of the boom
Running Rigging - ✅✅-...
Halyard - ✅✅-rope used to raise or lower sail
Cunningham - ✅✅-lets you tension the luff on the mainsail without using the halyard
Traveler - ✅✅-traveler is a device that allows for changing the position where the
mainsheet tackle connects to the boat
Hank - ✅✅-ring that connects sail to a stay
Boom Topping Lift - ✅✅-...
Clew - ✅✅-back lower corner of sail
Luff - ✅✅-forward edge of main and jib sail - the edge of the sail that feels the wind first
Foot - ✅✅-bottom edge of sail
Leech - ✅✅-back edge of the main and jib sail
Mainsheet - ✅✅-a sheet used for controlling the mainsail
Jibsheet - ✅✅-a sheet used for controlling the jib sail
Boom Vang - ✅✅-keeps boom from being lifted upward by main sail
Outhaul - ✅✅-a line which is part of the running rigging of a sailboat, used to extend a sail
and control the shape of the curve of the foot of the sail. It runs from the clew (the back
corner of the sail) to the end of the boom.
Downhaul - ✅✅-...
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