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41sliding keel — noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward • Syn: ↑centerboard, ↑centreboard, ↑drop keel • Hypernyms: ↑fin keel • Hyponyms: ↑daggerboard …
42Knockabout — Knock a*bout , n. 1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The… …
43bugeye — noun Date: 1881 a small boat with a flat bottom, a centerboard, and two raked masts …
44catboat — noun Date: 1860 a sailboat having a cat rig and usually a centerboard and being of light draft and broad beam …
45daggerboard — noun Date: circa 1930 a removable narrow centerboard in some small boats that is raised and lowered by sliding up and down …
46trunk — noun Etymology: Middle English trunke Anglo French trunc, trunke, from Latin truncus trunk, torso Date: 15th century 1. a. the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots called also bole b. (1) the human or animal body apart from the head and …
47Sail — A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind mdash;in essence a vertically oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing.History of sailsThe ships built at around 10,000 BC were just crude log rafts or dug out… …
48Sail-plan — A sail plan is a set of drawings, usually prepared by a naval architect. It shows the various combinations of sail proposed for a sailing ship.The combinations shown in a sail plan almost always include three configurations:A light air sail plan …
49Dory — Stack of Dories at Lunenburg For the fishes known as dories, see dory (fish). For the Greek Spear, see Dory (spear). The dory is a small, shallow draft boat, about 5 to 7 metres/16.4 to 23.0 feet long. It is a lightweight and versatile boat with… …
50Catboat — A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat), or a cat rigged sailboat, is a sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward ( i.e. , near the front of the boat).Although any boat with a single sail and a mast carried well forward… …
