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TAUT.--Tight.
TAUNT.--Long, lofty.
TENDER.--A small boat or wherry used to pa.s.s from the yacht to the sh.o.r.e.
TO TOW.--To drag any thing astern behind the yacht; as, to tow the tender.
TRUCK.--The small ball at the topmasthead, through which the signal-halliards reeve.
TROUGH OF THE SEA.--The level of the water between two waves.
TURNING TO WINDWARD.--Tacking.
UNBEND.--To cast off, to release; as, "Unbend the anchor from the cable!" "Unbend the mainsail!"--roll it up and put it below.
TO UNs.h.i.+P.--To take any thing from the place where it was fixed; as, to "uns.h.i.+p the rudder."
WAKE.--The track, or furrow, left by the yacht on the water she has pa.s.sed over.
TO WEAR.--To turn a yacht round _from_ the wind,--the direct opposite of tacking.
TO WARP.--To move a yacht by hawsers.
WATCH.--A division of the crew into starboard and larboard watch, who take turns in taking care of the yacht.
WATER-LOGGED.--The condition of a yacht when she is so full of water as to be almost unmanageable, and nearly submerged.
WAY.--Progress through the water: "she has good way on." To a boat's crew, to cease pulling, the command is given, "Way enough."
TO WEATHER A YACHT.--To get to the windward side by faster speed, or lying nearer the wind.
WEATHER BEATEN.--Worn by the weather and exposure.
WELL OF ALL.--A command used when the several ropes of a sail have all been hauled upon at the same time, and it is perfectly set, and means to belay.
TO WEIGH.--To lift an anchor from the bottom.
WIND'S EYE.--The exact direction from which the wind proceeds.
TO WINDWARD.--Towards that point from which the wind blows.
TO WORK TO WINDWARD.--To tack so as to make progress in the direction from which the wind blows.
YACHT.--A vessel used for pleasure only, and not for commerce or trade; built for speed and comfort.
TO YAW.--To swerve suddenly and violently from the true course, in spite of the action of the rudder.
