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2. Boat hook - Wikipedia

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   Although the traditional boat hook is still available, various different materials, such as aluminium and even a rolled up polymer are now available. [3] Although the boat hook is a general purpose reaching and holding-off tool on boats, there are more specialised forms, such as the Recovery Pole [4] designed for length rather than the rigid strength of a boat hook.

3. Cleat (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   A clam cleat (or jam cleat) in which the rope is held between two fluted stationary pieces. Such a cleat vaguely resembles two halves of a clam shell held back to back. It is more compact than a cam cleat, but the rope is less easily released under load. A cleat hitch is a knot used to secure a rope to a cleat.

4. Stays (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   It is a large strong rope, wire or rod extending from the upper end of each mast and running down towards the deck of the vessel in a midships fore-and-aft direction. The shrouds serve a similar function but extend on each side of the mast and provide support in the athwartships direction.

5. Nautical cable - Wikipedia

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   The traditional instructions, according to the British Royal Navy in the age of sail, are: Three large strands of tightly woven rope of about 200 metres (110 fathoms) in length are themselves tightly woven in a direction counter to the weave, [1] or twist, of the rope and clamped together over intervals to provide one strong length of rope that ...

6. Painter (rope) - Wikipedia

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   A painter is a rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing. [1] Ideally, the painter should float. If used on a boat with a propeller, the length of the painter should be shorter than the distance to the propeller, to prevent fouling the engine.

7. Jacob's ladder (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   The term Jacob's ladder, [1] used on a ship, applies to two kinds of rope ladders. [2] The term may also appear without the apostrophe, as Jacobs ladder. Types.

8. Sea anchor - Wikipedia

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   Anything that can act as a source of sufficient stable drag in the water can act as a sea anchor; a common improvised drag device is a long line (a docking warp or anchor rope) payed out into the water; while this does not provide much drag, it can act as a drogue and aid in running downwind. [1]

9. Shroud (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   On a sailing boat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side. There is frequently more than one shroud on each side of the boat. Usually a shroud will connect at the top of the mast, and additional shrouds might connect partway down the mast, depending on the design of the boat.