Comments on: What Does That Mean on a Boat? https://asa.com/news/2022/06/20/boat-terminology/ Learning To Sail Is Just The Beginning Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 By: Lee https://asa.com/news/2022/06/20/boat-terminology/#comment-7281 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:43:10 +0000 https://asa.com/?p=37422#comment-7281 Don’t forget “sole”, which is either the bottom of a shoe or the floor of the saloon. Oh. And “saloon”, too. 🙂

]]> By: Bruce https://asa.com/news/2022/06/20/boat-terminology/#comment-6776 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:33:36 +0000 https://asa.com/?p=37422#comment-6776 Regarding your definition of tack. The definition given above does not cover when the vessel is sailing downwind or sailing by the lee.

The Collisions regulations state: Rule 12 (b)
“For the purposes of this Rule, the windward side shall be deemed to be the side opposite to that on which the mainsail is carried or, in the case of a square-rigged vessel, the side opposite to that on which the largest fore-and-aft sail is carried.”

We must always refer to the official publications for definitions.

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