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71Spinnaker pole — A spinnaker pole is a spar used in sailboats (both dinghys and yachts) to help support and control a variety of headsails, particularly the spinnaker. However, it is also used with other sails, such as genoas and jibs, when sailing downwind with… …
72Crab claw sail — Micronesian proa with crab claw sail The crab claw sail or, as it is sometimes known, Oceanic lateen or Oceanic sprit, is a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges. The crab claw sail is used in many traditional Pacific Ocean… …
73Walap — The Walap is a traditional ocean going sailboat from the Marshall Islands.It belongs to the Micronesian proa type whose main characteristics are: single main hull, outrigger mounted float/ballast, and asymmetric hull profile. Walaps have a lee… …
74Carlyle Glean — Sir Carlyle Glean Mandats 5e Gouverneur général de la Grenade Actuellement en fonction …
75board — boardable, adj. boardlike, adj. /bawrd, bohrd/, n. 1. a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. 2. a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. 3. a sheet… …
76chesstree — /ches tree /, n. Naut. (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a wooden fastening with one or more sheaves, attached to the topside of a sailing vessel, through which the windward tack of a course was rove. [1620 30; perh. by folk etymology < F châssis… …
77India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
78clubhaul — verb To force a sailing vessel to change tack by dropping the lee anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward …
79Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet — Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet Born 24 August 1754 Kingston, Jamaica Died 28 November 1831 Allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland …
80beat — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, Bohemian, about ship, abrade, abscond, accent, accentuation, addle, addled, aerate, agitate, air lane, all in, all up with, alternation, amaze, ambit, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, andante… …
