Language of the Sea 6
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Language of the Sea
GAFF -
A spar to support the head of a gaff sail.
GAFF-TOPSAIL -
A light sail set over a gaff, the foot being spread by it.
GAGE -
The depth of water of a vessel.
Also, her position as to another vessel, i.e., weather..
GALE -
Wind measured between 34 and 40 knots.
GALEAS -
Two-masted gaff-rigged Baltic trader.
GALILEAN TELESCOPE -
Two telescopes joined together(binoculars) using normal lenses.
GALLEY -
The kitchen area of a boat.
GALLOWS-BITTS -
A strong frame raised amidships. to support spare spars, etc.
GAMMONING -
The lashing by which the bowsprit is secured to the cutwater.
GANGWAY -
The area of a ship's side where people board and disembark.
GANTLINE - See ( GIRTLINE )
GARBOARD-STRAKE -
The range of planks next to the keel, on each side.
GARLAND -
A large rope, strap, or grommet, lashed to a spar when hoisting it inboard.
GARNET -
A purchase on the main stay, for hoisting cargo.
GASKETS -
Ropes or pieces of plating, used to secure a sail to the yard or boom when it is furled.
They are called a bunt, quarter, or yard-arm gasket, according to their position on the yard.
GEAR -
A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment.
GELCOAT BLISTERING -
Occurs on FRP vessels when moisture is allowed between the gelcoat and the laminate.
GENOA -
Large triangular headsail set on the forestay of yachts.
GIG -
Light, narrow ship's boat.
GIMBALL -
A device to suspend items, such as a compass or ships' stove, to keep it level.
GIMBLET -
To turn an anchor round by it's stock.
GIRT -
The situation of a vessel when her cables are too taut.
GIRTLINE -
A rope rove through a single block aloft, making a whip purchase. Commonly used to hoist rigging by.
GIVE-WAY VESSEL -
A term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.
GLORY-HOLE -
Small space in which various items are stowed when clearing the deck.
GLUT -
A piece of canvass sewed into the center of a sail near the head. It has an eyelet-hole in the middle for the bunt-jigger or becket to go through.
GOB-LINE or GAUB-LINE -
A rope leading from the martingale inboard. Back-rope.
GOOSE-NECK -
A metal ring fitted to the end of a yard or boom.
GOOSE-WINGED -
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee clew are hauled up, and the weather clew down.
GORES -
The angles of one or both ends of such cloths that increase the breadth or depth of a sail.
GORING-CLOTHS -
Pieces cut obliquely and put in to add to the breadth of a sail.
GPS -
Global Positioning System - A network of satellites that calculates a position with remarkable accuracy.
GRAB RAILS -
Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.
GRAFTING -
A manner of covering a rope by weaving together yarns.
GRAPNEL -
A small anchor with several claws, used to secure boats.
GRAPPLING IRONS -
Crooked metal, used to seize and hold fast to another vessel.
GRATING -
Open lattice work of wood. Used principally to cover hatches in good weather.
GREAVE -
To clean a ship's bottom by burning.
GRIPE -
The outside timber of the fore-foot, under water, fastened to the lower stem piece.
Also, a ship gripes when she tends to come up into the wind
GRIPES -
Bars of iron, with lanyards, rings and clews, by which a large boat is lashed to the ring-bolts of the deck.
GROMMET -
A ring formed of rope, by laying round a single strand.
GROUND TACKLE -
Anchor, anchor rode (line or chain), and all the shackles and other gear used for attachment.
GROWLER -
Small iceberg broken away from larger one.
GUESS-WARP or GUESS-ROPE -
A rope fastened to a vessel or wharf, and used to tow a boat by, or to haul it out to the swing-boom-end, when in port.
GUN PORTS -
Openings cut into the sides of a ship through which the guns are fired. In the old warships, these could be closed from the outside with gun-port covers. In more recently times, ships have been painted with imitation gun-ports.
GUN-TACKLE-PURCHASE -
A purchase made by two single blocks.
GUNWALE -
The upper edge of a boat's sides.
GUY -
A rope attaching to anything to steady it.
GYBE -
To shift over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail.
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