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Long lines or cables, reaching from the stern of the vessel to the mast heads, used to support the mast.
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Long pieces of rough canvas sewed across the sails to give them additional strength.
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Location on a ship where the wheel is located; also called pilothouse or bridge.
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Long and narrow sails, used only in fine weather, on the outside of the large square sails.
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Long lines or cables, reaching from the bow of the vessel to the mast heads, used to support the mast.
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Literally, the area of a ship before the foremast (the forecastle). Most often used to describe men whose living quarters are located here, officers being quartered in the stern-most areas of the ship (near the quarterdeck). Officer-trainees lived between the two ends of the ship and become known as "midshipmen". Crew members who started out as seamen, then became midshipmen, and later, officers, were said to have gone from "one end of the ship to the other" (also see hawsepiper).
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Lines, often steel wire with a plastic jacket, from the bow to the stern on both port and starboard. The Jack Lines are used to clip on the safety harness to secure the crew to the vessel while giving them the freedom to walk on the deck.
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Literally, having cargo loaded as high as the ship's rail; also means extremely drunk.
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Lifted by a buoy, especially a cable that has been lifted to prevent it from trailing on the bottom.
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