LDC Racing Saliboats RS FEVA Owner's Manual page 66

Run
S
Safety-Boat Cover
Sail
Sailmaker
Sail Number
Sail Pressure
Sailing Regatta
Shackle
Sheet
Sheet Bend
Shroud
Shroud Adjustor Plate The stainless-steel fitting that attaches the shroud to the
Side Safety Line
Single Handed
Spars
Spinnaker
Spring Tide
Starboard
Step
To „run with the wind‟, or to sail in the direction that the
wind is blowing
Support boats, usually RIBs, in case of emergency
An area of material attached to the boat that uses the
wind to create forward motion
A manufacturer of sails
The unique number allocated to a boat, displayed on the
sail when racing
A sail has „pressure‟ when it is working with the
wind to create motion
An event that usually comprises of a number of
sailing races
A metal fitting for attaching ropes to blocks, etc.
A rope that controls a sail
A knot used to tie two ropes of a similar thickness
together
The wires that are attached to the mast and the
hull, holding the mast up
hull, and offers the option of a number of holes
The line that runs along the side of the hull
To sail a boat alone
The poles, usually carbon or aluminium, to which the sail
is attached
A large sail, usually triangular, that is hoisted when
sailing downwind
The tides with the biggest range and strongest currents
The right-hand side of the boat, when facing forwards
When a mast has been installed in a boat, it has
been „stepped‟, or placed on the mast step