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aback abaft aloft anchor applied backstays bend bight bitts boat bolt-rope bolted boom bowlines bowsprit braces brails buntlines cable capstan cat-head centre clew clewgarnet clewlines deck downhaul fitted fore and aft fore and main foresail formed forward furling futtock-shrouds gaff girtlines halyards Haul taut hawse hawser head sails head yards headway heave heel hoist hole hook iron keel keep lanyard lashed leading let go lifts lower yards mainsail mast mast-head mizzen Naval Tactics officer outhaul paragraph passed pendant pieces of timber port purchase quarter reef reeve rope rove royal running rigging sail secured seized sheave sheets ship ship-building shrouds side single block skysail slings spanker spar spliced spritsail square standing starboard stations stays staysail stern stoppers stowed strap studding-sail sway tack tackle thimble top-gallant topgallant sails topmast topsail trestle-trees trusses upper vessel weather wind windward yard-arm