Boating Dictionary

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There are currently 32 names in this directory beginning with the letter G.
Gaff topsail
Triangular sail above a fore and aft mainsail
Gaff, peak
Pole oblique to the mast
Gangboard
A small bridge for getting on and off a vessel
Gangplank
Big gangboard generally used on ships
Gangway
A ladder dropped laterally to climb up or down
Gararing
To do a series of maintenance operations which prevent deterioration
Gasket
Part of a rope used to collect or furl sails on a spar
Gate
System adopted in some particular valves to close a sea cock or exhaust
Gears
All hardware, blocks, chocks and shrouds which contribute to keep masting in position
Gennaker
Fore sail whose name comes from ‚Genoa‚ e and ‚Spinnaker‚
Genoa
Big triangular sail overlapping the mainsail
Gentle breeze
Wind forms waves with white crests. Degree 2 in Beaufort scale
Get stranded
When the hull leans on or get stuck on the bottom, both intentionally or accidentally
Gmt
Acronym of Greenwich Mean Time or Greenwich Meridian Time
Gnav
Vang or reversed tripping line made up of a spar pushing boom downwards
Gnomonics
Cartographic representations of Earth's surface
Golf.
Term which represents the ‚G‚ in the international phonetic alphabet.
Goose foot
When a tackle made up of 2 or more ropes gathers in only one to exercise traction
Gooseneck, parrel
The fitting where boom is fixed
Gore
Canvas supports at the sail edges
GPS
Electronic device that determines position in real time by interacting with several orbiting satellites.
Grapnel
A small anchor with four or five flukes
Grating
p class=Walkable wooden grill above floorings to let water exit
Greenwich.
Reference meridian.
Groove (of the mast/boom)
Carving in the mast/boom where the sail side is inserted
Gross tonnage
The entire capacity of a ship expressed as one gross ton for each 100 cubic feet of internal volume. It is calculated with the following formula:: length x widthx height x 0.25
Gudgeon
Female part of a rudder pivot
Gunwale
The top edge of the deck which helps to walk on in case of heeled boat
Gust
Weak and irregular wind
Gybe
To change tacks by steering away from the wind so that the leach of the sail swings across the eye of the wind.
Gybe - verb -
Violent change of boom position
Gyrocompass
Compass containing a gyroscope instead of a magnet


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