An A-Z of Sailing Terms (Oxford Reference)

by PeterKemp (Author), IanDear (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.36

  This guide has entries for booby-hatch, growler, jack in the basket, tiddley , and throat seizing, it is also a readable reference work for the interested landlubber. Abridged from the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea , the book provides detailed explanations of nearly 1,500 sailing terms. As well as navigational and meteorological definitions, there are entries on weather lore, sailing expressions, and catch phrases - to the bitter end , for example, is a sailing term that has now passed into general use. The 150 illustrations are themselves a guide to rigs and rigging, knots, tackles, and a wide variety of onboard fittings and equipment.