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AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
Stand Navy down the field, sails set to the sky; We'll never change our course, So Army you steer shy-y-y-y. Roll up the score, Navy, anchors aweigh! Sail Navy down the field and sink the Army, sink the Army grey! Get under way Navy, decks cleared for the fray; We'll hoist true Navy Blue, So Army down your grey-y-y-y;
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1. The arrangement of masts, sails, and rigging on a sailing vessel. [38] 2. To fit a sailing vessel with its masts, sails or rigging. [38] rigging The system of masts and lines on ships and other sailing vessels. [36] rigging chocks Thick blocks of wood fixed outside the rails to take the chain plates for the shrouds. [2] rigging screw
The concept has spread rapidly through the sailing world and has inspired the development of "code" or "flying" sails, a family of hybrid sail designs that often combine a structured luff with positive mid-gerth that are used for very fast beam reaching and higher angles and may be furled.
Black Sails is an American dramatic adventure television series set on New Providence Island and a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. [1] The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz and debuted online for free on YouTube and other various streaming platform and video on demand services on ...
Weather helm is the result of a leeward and aft shift of a vessel's vector center of effort (the direction to which the force generated by the sails is pushing). This shift is caused by excess pressure on the mainsail, which overpowers the windward lateral resistance generated by the jib (or other head sail) and keel or centerboard.
Sails set forward of the mainmast, such as jibs and staysails, are sometimes referred to as foresails, although "headsails" is a more common term, headsail can also specifically refer to the sail on a forestay that connects directly to the head of the mast.