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Fore or forward: at or toward the front of a ship or further ahead of a location (opposite of "aft") [1] Preposition form is "before", e.g. "the mainmast is before the mizzenmast". Inboard: attached inside the ship. [14] Keel: the bottom structure of a ship's hull. [15] Leeward: side or direction away from the wind (opposite of "windward"). [16]
Contrast fore. 2. The portion of a vessel behind the middle area of the vessel. afterbrow On larger ships, a secondary gangway rigged in the area aft of midship. On some military vessels, such as US naval vessels, enlisted personnel below E-7 board the ship at the afterbrow; officers and CPO/SCPO/MCPO board the ship at the brow. [10] aftercastle
Fore-and-aft rigs include: Rigs with one mast: the proa, the catboat, the sloop, the cutter; Rigs with two masts: the ketch, the yawl; Rigs with two or more masts: the schooner; Barques and barquentines are partially square rigged and partially fore-and-aft rigged. A rig which combines both on a foremast is known as a hermaphroditic rig.
A high deck on the aft superstructure of a ship. The deck forms a roof over the "poop cabin" in the aft of the ship. [26] pooped 1. (of a ship or boat) to have a wave break over the stern when travelling with a following sea. [27] This contingency, that can cause significant damage to the ship, is also referred to as "pooping". [28] 2.
The prow of HMS Caroline (1914). The bow (/ b aʊ /) is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, [1] the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern.
The foresail (in pink) of a full rigged ship. A foresail is one of a few different types of sail set on the foremost mast (foremast) of a sailing vessel: . A fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast of a schooner or similar vessel.
Fore-and-aft rigs comprise the vast majority of sailing vessels in use today, including effectively all dinghies and yachts. The sheet on a fore-and-aft sail controls the angle of the sail to the wind, and should be adjusted to keep the sail just filled. Most smaller boats use the Bermuda rig, which has two or three sets of sheets:
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