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Two telescopes joined together(binoculars) using normal lenses.
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The kitchen area of a boat.
The kitchen area of a boat.

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Language of the Sea

GAFF -

A spar to support the head of a gaff sail.

GAFF-TOPSAIL -

A light sail set over a gaff, the foot being spread by it.

GAGE -

The depth of water of a vessel.

Also, her position as to another vessel, i.e., weather..

GALE -

Wind measured between 34 and 40 knots.

GALEAS -

Two-masted gaff-rigged Baltic trader.

GALILEAN TELESCOPE -

Two telescopes joined together(binoculars) using normal lenses.

GALLEY -

The kitchen area of a boat.

GALLOWS-BITTS -

A strong frame raised amidships. to support spare spars, etc.

GAMMONING -

The lashing by which the bowsprit is secured to the cutwater.

GANGWAY -

The area of a ship's side where people board and disembark.

GANTLINE - See ( GIRTLINE )

GARBOARD-STRAKE -

The range of planks next to the keel, on each side.

GARLAND -

A large rope, strap, or grommet, lashed to a spar when hoisting it inboard.

GARNET -

A purchase on the main stay, for hoisting cargo.

GASKETS -

Ropes or pieces of plating, used to secure a sail to the yard or boom when it is furled.

They are called a bunt, quarter, or yard-arm gasket, according to their position on the yard.

GEAR -

A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment.

GELCOAT BLISTERING -

Occurs on FRP vessels when moisture is allowed between the gelcoat and the laminate.

GENOA -

Large triangular headsail set on the forestay of yachts.

GIG -

Light, narrow ship's boat.

GIMBALL -

A device to suspend items, such as a compass or ships' stove, to keep it level.

GIMBLET -

To turn an anchor round by it's stock.

GIRT -

The situation of a vessel when her cables are too taut.

GIRTLINE -

A rope rove through a single block aloft, making a whip purchase. Commonly used to hoist rigging by.

GIVE-WAY VESSEL -

A term, from the Navigational Rules, used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.

GLORY-HOLE -

Small space in which various items are stowed when clearing the deck.

GLUT -

A piece of canvass sewed into the center of a sail near the head. It has an eyelet-hole in the middle for the bunt-jigger or becket to go through.

GOB-LINE or GAUB-LINE -

A rope leading from the martingale inboard. Back-rope.

GOOSE-NECK -

A metal ring fitted to the end of a yard or boom.

GOOSE-WINGED -

The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee clew are hauled up, and the weather clew down.

GORES -

The angles of one or both ends of such cloths that increase the breadth or depth of a sail.

GORING-CLOTHS -

Pieces cut obliquely and put in to add to the breadth of a sail.

GPS -

Global Positioning System - A network of satellites that calculates a position with remarkable accuracy.

GRAB RAILS -

Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

GRAFTING -

A manner of covering a rope by weaving together yarns.

GRAPNEL -

A small anchor with several claws, used to secure boats.

GRAPPLING IRONS -

Crooked metal, used to seize and hold fast to another vessel.

GRATING -

Open lattice work of wood. Used principally to cover hatches in good weather.

GREAVE -

To clean a ship's bottom by burning.

GRIPE -

The outside timber of the fore-foot, under water, fastened to the lower stem piece.

Also, a ship gripes when she tends to come up into the wind

GRIPES -

Bars of iron, with lanyards, rings and clews, by which a large boat is lashed to the ring-bolts of the deck.

GROMMET -

A ring formed of rope, by laying round a single strand.

GROUND TACKLE -

Anchor, anchor rode (line or chain), and all the shackles and other gear used for attachment.

GROWLER -

Small iceberg broken away from larger one.

GUESS-WARP or GUESS-ROPE -

A rope fastened to a vessel or wharf, and used to tow a boat by, or to haul it out to the swing-boom-end, when in port.

GUN PORTS -

Openings cut into the sides of a ship through which the guns are fired. In the old warships, these could be closed from the outside with gun-port covers. In more recently times, ships have been painted with imitation gun-ports.

GUN-TACKLE-PURCHASE -

A purchase made by two single blocks.

GUNWALE -

The upper edge of a boat's sides.

GUY -

A rope attaching to anything to steady it.

GYBE -

To shift over the boom of a fore-and-aft sail.


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