Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
backwind | to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
bimini | a kind of awning for a yacht. |
boardsailing | the sport of sailing on a board. |
boardsailor | one who practises sailboarding. |
canoeist | one who engages in canoeing. |
canoeman | a canoeist. |
centreboard | a retractable keel fitted to small racing yachts and dinghies. |
coachroof | (Canadian) a raised part of the cabin roof of a yacht. |
daggerboard | a light, narrow, completely removable centreboard. |
dayboat | a small pleasure boat with no sleeping accommodation. |
daysail | to sail a yacht for a day. |
daysailer | a dayboat powered by sail. |
daysailor | a dayboat powered by sail. |
headreach | to make distance to windward in tacking. |
headrope | that part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail. |
headsail | a sail set forward of the foremast of a ship. |
jibb | in sailing, to shift from side to side. |
jibboom | a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit. |
keelboat | a type of yacht with a heavy external keel to offset the weight of the sails. |
loxodromics | the art of sailing along rhumb-lines. |
loxodromy | the art of sailing along rhumb-lines. |
luff | to turn a ship towards the wind. |
maxiboat | a large racing yacht. |
multihull | a boat having more than one hull, eg a catamaran. |
outsail | to sail faster than. |
outrigging | the sport of outrigger canoeing. |
sail | a sheet of canvas etc. spread to catch the wind; (verb) to move across the surface of water by the action of wind. |
sailable | navigable. |
sailboat | a boat that sails. |
sailboating | the sport of using a sailboat. |
sailless | destitute of sails. |
spinnaker | a large triangular sail opposite the mainsail. |
yacht | a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc; (verb) to sail or cruise in a yacht. |
yachter | one who sails a yacht. |
yachtie | (Aust. sl.) a yachtsman. |
yachtman | one who sails a yacht. |
yachtsman | one who sails a yacht. |
yachtsmanship | the art of sailing a yacht. |
yachtswoman | a woman who sails a yacht. |