Hunter Marine Hunter JY15, Hunter 170, 146 Owner's Manual
Route 441, Post Office Box 1030 Alachua, FL 32616; Tel: (386) 462-3077; Fax: (386) 462-4077; info@huntermarine.com
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ALACHUA, FLORIDA 32616
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Tel: (386) 462-3077
Fax: (386) 462-4077
HUNTER OWNER’S MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION PAGE PAGE
• Table of Contents .............................................................................................i
• Welcome to The Hunter Marine Family............................................................1
• Hunter Warranty……………………………………………………………………..2-8
• Brief History......................................................................................................9
• Glossary of Sailing Terms….………………………………...…………………….10-13
• Float Plan.........................................................................................................14
• Explanation of Safety Precautions...................................................................15
• Safe Boating Tips.............................................................................................16-1 ~16-2
• Launch & Retrieving Procedures......................................................................17
• General Care....................................................................................................18 -19
• Lighting Warning...............................................................................................20
• Advanced Composite Process .........................................................................21
About Your Hunter JY15
• Dimensions and Capacities................................................................................22
• Mainsheet Purchase Details...............................................................................23
• Boom Vang Details.............................................................................................23
• Standing Rigging (Forestay & Furling Details)....................................................24
• Centerboard Assembly................................................
• Centerboard Details...............………………………
• Rudder & Tiller Details...............................
• Standard Forestay Standing Rigging..................................................................28
• JY15 Standing & Running Rigging Specifications...............................................29
• JY15 Rigging Instructions...................................................................................30-46
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Welcome to
THE HUNTER MARINE FAMILY
Congratulations on your new sailing yacht
manufactured by Hunter Marine. We have
engineered and constructed your boat to be as
fine a yacht as any afloat. In order to get the
best performance and most enjoyment from
your boat you should be familiar with its
various elements and their functions. For your
sailing pleasure and safety, please take time to
study this manual.
We stand behind the quality of your boat with a
warranty, which you should review. To insure
the validity of your warranty, please complete
the attached card and send it to us within ten
(10) days of the purchase date. Section 15 of
the U.S. Federal Boat Safety Act requires
registration of a boat’s first owner. The
warranty data should also be recorded in the
space below for your own reference.
This manual has been compiled to help you
operate your craft with safety and pleasure. It
contains details of the craft; equipment
supplied or fitted, systems, and information on
operation and maintenance. Please read it
carefully, and familiarize yourself with the craft
before using it. If this is your first sailboat or
you are changing to a type of craft you are not
familiar with, please ensure that you obtain
proper handling and operating experience
before you assume command of the craft. Your
dealer or national sailing federation or yacht
club will be pleased to advise you of local sea
schools or competent instructors.
PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL IN A SAFE
PLACE AND HAND IT OVER TO THE NEW
OWNER IF YOU SELL THE CRAFT.
You should also complete the warranty cards
for your engine and other accessories. These
are enclosed in the manufacturers’ manuals
that are packaged with your owner’s manual.
OWNER INFORMATION CARD
HULL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS ON THE STARBOARD AFT SIDE OF THE HULL OR TRANSOM. THIS NUMBER
MUST BE GIVEN IN ALL NECESSARY CORRESPONDENCE.
HULL NO. DATE DELIVERED TO OWNER
YACHT NAME
OWNER NAME
STREET ADDRESS
CITY STATE/COUNTRY
HOME PORT
ENGINE MODEL SERIAL NO.
DEALER
STREET ADDRESS
CITY STATE/COUNTRY ZIP CODE
ZIP CODE
PHONE
PROPELLER SIZE
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dealer. A copy of this warranty is included here, and in your Operator's Manual. If for some
eason you are not able to understand, read, or view this manual, please contact your local
dealer
or a replacement copy.
e stand behind the quality of your boat with a warranty, which you should review. To insure
the validity of your warranty, please complete the attached card and send it to us within ten
10) days of the purchase date. Section 15 of the U.S. Federal Boat Safety Act requires regis-
tration of a boat’s first owner. The warranty data should also be re-corded in the space below
or your own reference
The following warranties apply to all 2008 Model Year boats produced by
HUNTER MARINE CORPORATION:
LIMITED
NE-YEAR WARRANTY
Hunter Marine warrants to the first-use purchaser and any subsequent owner during the warranty period that any part manufactured by Hunter will be free of defects caused by faulty
workmanship or materials for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of delivery to the
first-use purchaser under normal use and service. During this period, as the sole and exclusive remedy,
Hunter's obligation under the warranty is limited to the repair or replacement of any such defective part.
LIMITED FIVE-YEAR HULL STRUCTURE AND BOTTOM BLISTER WARRANTY
Hunter warrants to the first-use purchaser and any subsequent owner during the warranty period that the hull of each boat will be free from structural defects in materials and workmanship
for a period of five (5) years from the date of delivery to the first-use purchaser under normal
use and service.
This limited warranty applies only to the structural integrity of the hull and the supporting pan/grid or
stringer system. Hulls, pan/grid or stringers modified in any way or powered with engines other than the
and size installed or specified by Hunter are not covered by this limited warranty. As the sole and
type
exclusive remedy, Hunter's obligation under the warranty is limited to repair or replacement of any
such defective part.
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unter also warrants to the first-use purchaser and any subsequent owner during the war-
period that the boat will be free from gelcoat blistering on underwater surfaces of the
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ull, excluding the keel and rudder, for a period of five (5) years from the date of delivery to
the first-use purchaser under normal use and service. Durin
this period, Hunter will supply or
reimburse an authorized Hunter dealer for all of the parts and labor required to repair a blistered underwater surf
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llowance Schedule established by Hunter from time to time, however if the repair is performed
a non-Hunter dealer, the repair cost must be authorized by Hunter in advance and be based
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Hunter. Hunter will not pay transportation,
auling, launching, bottom paint, storage, dockage, cradling rental, rigging and derigging, or
other similar costs. It is recommended that the repair be done durin
a seasonal haul out for
ervice or storage.
PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL IN A SAFE PLACE AND HAND IT OVER TO TH
NEW OWNER IF YOU SELL THE CRAFT
You should also complete the warranty cards for your engine, and other accessories.These are
enclosed in the manufacturers’ manuals that are packaged with your owner's manual.
When purchased from Hunter or dealer with a new Boat.
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NTER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
HANTABILITY AND FITNESS. NEITHER HUNTER OR THE SELLING DEALER SHAL
AVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OF USE OF A BOAT, LOSS OF TIME,
INCONVENIENCE, COMMERCIAL LOSS, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
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1) If the gel-coat has been sanded, sandblasted, or subjected to abrasion or impact.
2) If the instructions provided in the Hunter Owner’s Manual are not followed according to
unter’s required bottom preparation procedures.
ESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO WARRANTIE
1.) Paint, window glass, Gelcoat, upholstery damage, plastic finishes, engines, engine parts,
bilge pumps, stoves, blowers, pressure water pumps, propellers, shafts, rudders, controls,
instruments, keels and equipment not manufactured by HUNTER. Any warranty made by the
anufacturer of such items will be, if possible, given on to the first use purchaser.
2.) Problems caused by improper maintenance, storage, cradling, blocking, normal wear and
tear, misuse, neglect, accident, corrosion, electrolysis or improper operation
3) Boats used for commercial activities including charter.
THESE LIMITED WARRANTIES ARE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND ARE EXPRESSLY I N
LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER REMEDIES AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSED AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WHETHER ARISING
BY LAW,
W LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN THE
VENT THAT IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE FOUND TO EXIST UNDER THE LAW OF A PARTICULAR STATE,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE EXCLUSION CONTAINED HEREIN, THE DURATION OF ANY SUCH IMPLIED
WARRANTY
EREIN. THE PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WERE MADE T
IM OR HER WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY OR FUNCTION OF THE BOAT. ANY ORAL STATEMENT OR
RINTED MATERIAL ADVERTISING THE BOAT W H ICH SPEAKS TO ANY PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTI
F THE BOAT OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AND CON-STRUED AS AN ESTIMATED
ESCRIPTION ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS AN EXPRESS WARRANTY OR AS THE BASI
F THE BARGAIN FOR THE BOAT OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS.
ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE INCURRED ARE EXCLUDED
AND PURCHASER’S REMEDY IS LIMITED TO REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY PART
EFECTIVE BY HUNTER MARINE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
AY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY AL
AVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
M, CONDUCT, OR USAGE OF TRADE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON
HALL BE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE APPLICABLE LIMITED WARRANTY STATED
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WARRANTY REGISTRATION
These limited warranties shall not be e
and Pre-Deliver
ervice Record, which are furnished with each new boat, are filled out com-
ective unless the HUNTER Warranty Registration Form
pletely and re-turned to HUNTER within ten (10) days of deliver
eturn of the Warranty Registration Form to HUNTER, signed by both Dealer and Owner, is criti-
al. Warranty coverage cannot be initiated until the completed form is received at HUNTER.
All repairs and
or replacements will be made by an authorized Hunter dealer, or at the option of
unter, at the Hunter plant. If the repairs are of such a nature that the warranty work must be
ormed at the HUNTER plant, transportation costs to and from the HUNTER plant shall be
per
paid by the owner. The labor cost reimbursement will be based on a Labor Allowance Schedule
stablished by HUNTER and where not applicable, on a reasonable number of hours as deter-
mined by
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service representative.
repairs and replacements must be approved in advance by an autho-
TRAN
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For 1995 and later hull numbers, the limited warranties will be transferred to a subsequent pur-
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1) A notice of the transfer of ownership of the boat is given by the subsequent purchaser in
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to Hunter within thirty (30) days of the transfer.
2) The notice shall include the name, address and telephone number of the subsequent purhaser, the date of purchase, the hull number and the name of the seller of the boat.
unter will mail to the subsequent purchaser notice of the expiration dates of the limited war-
anties (see form letter, attached). The transfer of the ownership of the boat will not extend the
xpiration dates of the limited warranties.
TOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY
uring the first year of ownership, the first purchaser will receive two Customer Satisfaction
urveys - the first
will be received shortly after taking delivery and focuses on the
dealer’s ability to sell and commission the boat, and the Owner’s initial satisfaction. The second
survey
, nine to ten months into ownership, “measures” dealer service capability and
allows the owner to evaluate most of the boat’s functional systems and characteristics. Both
surveys are dependent upon receipt of the first purchaser’s Warranty Registration Form
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Based on the information you have provided, we are pleased to notify you of the expiration
• The limited one-year New Boat warranty expires (d)_____________________.
• The limited five-year Hull Structure and Bottom Blister warranty expires (d)___
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Should you require assistance at any time during ownership, we encourage you to contact
your Hunter dealer or to call us directly at 386-462-3077.
Please confirm the information at the bottom of the page and advise us if any corrections
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selected a Hunter sailboat and we will make ever
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ort to assure Hunter ownership will be a
satisfying experience for you.
tes of the limited warranties.
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Customer Service Manager
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Telephone: (H)________________________(B)_______________________________________
ate of Purchase:______________________________________________________
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HUNTER MARINE’S OWNER AND FOUNDER
WARREN R. LUHRS
BRIEF BACKGROUND
Warren Luhrs was born in East Orange,
New Jersey in 1944 into a family with an
established tradition in the maritime and
transportation industries. His greatgrandfather, Henry, was a railroad and
clipper-shipping pioneer in America,
while his great-uncle John helped build
the famous St. Petersburg to Moscow
railroad for Czar Alexander II.
Henry Luhrs owned shares in twentytwo different ocean-going vessels –
barks, brigs, and schooners - and was
the principal owner of the bark Sophia
R. Luhrs, named for his wife. He was
also a partner with Albert Sprout, who
managed the shipyard where the Sophia
R. Luhrs was built in Melbridge, Maine.
Warren Luhrs’ father Henry worked at a
small boat manufacturer in Morgan,
New Jersey, and later started his own
company, continuing the Luhrs’ family
sea tradition during the great
depression. During World War II he
repaired boats and installed ice
sheathing on their bows for the Coast
Guard.
After the War, Henry built 27-foot fishing
boats and in 1948 began to construct
custom-built pleasure craft. He then
turned to skiffs and in 1952 incorporated
as Henry Luhrs Sea Skiffs, where he
constructed lapstrake sea skiffs using
assembly-line techniques. Henry
personally “shook down” his prototypes
on family trips up the Hudson River to
Lake Champlain.
The sea skiff is a class of boat that has
been very popular, owing to its
seaworthiness. It features a sharp bow,
which reduces pounding in surf or choppy
seas, and a hull whose forward section is
rounded below the waterline to increase
stability in rough water or a following sea.
Such skiffs can either be smooth sided or
of a lapstrake construction.
Inspired by Henry Ford, Henry Luhrs’
aimed to give the average man the
opportunity to enjoy the luxury of boating
by building an affordable and reliable
boat. He was both designer and engineer,
and his progressive new models exhibited
his talent for innovation. He successfully
changed the line of the bow from straight
to curved at a time when the industry
trend was a straight square effect, and he
is believed to be the first designer-builder
to popularize a small boat with a fly
bridge.
In 1960, Luhrs acquired the Ulrichsen
Boat Company of Marlboro, New Jersey.
It was here that Luhrs’ Alura fiberglass
division was located. In 1965, Henry sold
his company to Bangor Arrostook
Railroad, which was to become the
recreational conglomerate Bangor-Punta.
It was also during this period that
Silverton of Tom’s River, New Jersey was
purchased by John and Warren Luhrs.
Today, Warren R. Luhrs and his brother
John own the Luhrs Group of marine
manufacturers, which consists of Silverton
Marine, Mainship Motor Yachts, and
Luhrs Fishing Boats with its Alura division,
as well as Hunter Marine, which
exclusively manufactures sailboats.
In January of 1996, the Luhrs family
transferred a portion of the Luhrs Group to
its employees through an ESOP program.
PAGE 9
GLOSSARY OF SAILING TERMS
A
Aback: describes a sail when the wind
strikes it on the lee side.
Abaft: towards the boat’
Abeam: at right angl
line of the boat.
Aft: at or near the stern.
Amidships: the ce
athwartships and fore and aft.
Anti-fouling:
pound used to protect the underwater
part of a hull from marine growths.
Apparent wind: The direction and
speed of the wind felt by the crew. It
is a combination of true wind and that
created by the movement of the boat.
Astern: behind the boat; to go aste
is to drive the boat in reverse.
Athwartships: at right
fore and aft line of the boat.
a poisonous paint com-
B
Back: when a wind backs, it shifts an-
ticlockwise.
Back a sail: to sheet it to windwa
so that the wind fills on the side that
is normally to leeward.
Backstay: a stay that suppo
mast from aft and prevents its forward
movement.
Ballast: extra weight, usu
iron, placed low in the boat or externally on the keel to provide stability.
Ballast keel: a mass
to the keel to increase stability and
prevent a keel boat from capsizing.
Batten: a light, flexible strip fed into a
batten pocket
to support the roach.
Beam: 1, the maximum breadth of a
boat; 2, a transve
supports the deck; 3, on the beam
means that an object is at right angles to the centerline.
Bear away:
from the wind.
Bearing: the direction of an object
from an observer, measured in degrees true or magnetic.
Beat: to sail a zi
the wind, close-hauled on alternate
tacks.
Belay: to make fa
cleat, usually with a figure-of-eight
knot.
at the leech of the sail
to stee
gzag course towards
s stern.
es to the center-
nter of the boat,
rn
angles to the
rd
rts the
ally lead or
of ballast bolted
rse member that
r the boat away
st a rope around a
Bend: 1, to secure a sail
before hoisting; 2, to moor a boat; 3,
a sleeping place on board.
Bight: a bend or loop in a
Bilge: the lower, round part inside the
hull wh
Block: a pulley in a wooden or plastic
ca
which a rope runs. It is used to
change the direction of pull.
Boot-topping: a narro
stripe painted between the bottom
paint and the topside enamel.
Bottlescrew: see Riggin
Broach: when a boat run
wind slews broadside to the wind and
heels dangerously. It is caused by
heavy following seas or helmsman’s
error.
Broad reach: the point of sailing be-
tween a bea
the wind blows over a quarter.
Bulkhead: a partition wal
normally fitted athwartships
ere the water collects.
se, consisting of a sheave around
m reach and a run, when
to a spar
rope.
w colored
g screw.
ning down-
l in a boat
C
Caulk: to make the seams between
wooden planks watertight by filling
with cotton, oakum or a compound.
Cavitation: the formation of a vacuum
around a propeller, causing a loss in
efficiency.
Center-board: a board lowe
through a slot in the keel to reduce
leeway.
Center-line: cente
fore and aft line.
Center of effort (COE): the poi
which all the forces acting on the sails
are concentrated.
Center of lateral resistance (CLR):
the underwa
about which a boat pivots when
changing course.
Chain pawl: a shor
into a toothed rack to prevent the anchor chain running back.
Chain plate: a metal plate bolted to
the boat to
backstays are attached.
Chart datum: re
chart below which the tide is unlikely
to fall. Soundings are given below
chart datum. The datum level varies
according to country and area.
r of the boat in a
ter center of pressure
t lug which drops
which the shrouds or
ference level on a
red
nt at
Chine: the line where th
the hull meets the side at an angle.
Cleat: a wooden, metal or plastic fit-
ting arou
Clevis pin: a lockin
which a split ring is passed to prevent
accidental withdraw.
Clew: the after, lowe
where the foot and leech meet.
Close-hauled: the point of saili
closest to the wind; see also beat.
Close reach: the point of sailing be
tween close-hauled and a beam
reach, when the wind blows forward of
the beam.
Close-winded: describe
to sail very close to the wind.
Coaming: the rais
rounding a hatch, cockpit, etc., which
prevents water entering.
Cotter pin: soft, metal pin folded back
on itself to form an eye.
Cours
sel is steered, usually given in degrees; true, magnetic or compass.
Cringle: 1, a rope loop, found at ei-
ther end of a
eye in a sail.
D
Dead run: running with the wind blow-
ing exactly aft, in line with the centerline.
Deviation: the differe
direction indicated by the compass
needle and the magnetic meridian;
caused by object aboard.
Displacement: 1, the weight of water
displ
weight of the boat; 2, a displacement
hull is one that displaces its own
weight in water and is only supported
by buoyancy, as opposed to a planning hull which can exceed its hull, or
displacement, speed.
Downhaul: a rope
a sail or spar.
Draft: the vertical
waterline to the lowest point of the
keel.
Drag: 1, an anch
to hole; 2, the force of wind on the
sails, or water on the hull, which impedes the boat’s progress.
Drift: 1, to fl
wind; 2, US the speed of a current
nd which rope is secured.
e: the
aced by a boat is equal to the
direction in which a ves-
line of reef points; 2, an
fitted to pull down
or drags when it fails
oat with the current or
e bottom of
g pin through
r center of a sail
s a boat able
ed structure sur-
nce between the
distance from the
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GLOSSARY OF SAILING TERMS
(rate UK); 3, UK: the distance a boat
is carried by a current in a given time.
Drogue: a sea an
stern of a boat or life raft to retard drift.
Drop keel: a retractable
can be drawn into the hull, when entering shallow waters and recovering
on to a trailer.
E
Eye of the wind: direction from which
the true wind blows.
F
Fair: well-faired line or surface is
smoother with no bumps, hollows or
abrupt changes in directions.
Fairlead: a fitting through whi
is run to alter the lead of the line.
Fathom: the meas
depths of water and lengths or rope. 1
fathom = 6 ft. or 1.83m.
Fid: a tapered tool used
heavy rope and for sail-making, often
hollow.
Fiddle: a rais
ble, chart table etc., to prevent objects
falling off when the boat heels.
Fix: the position of the vessel as plot-
ted from two
Forestay: the foremo
from the masthead to the stemhead,
to which the headsail is hanked.
Freeboard: vertical di
the waterline and the top of the deck.
G
Genoa:
sizes, which overlap
is hoisted in light to fresh winds on all
points of sailing.
Gimbals: two conc
oted at right angles, which keeps objects horizontal despite the boat’s motion, e. g. compass and cooker.
Go about: to turn the bo
eye of the wind to change tack.
Gooseneck: the fitting attaching the
boom to the mast, allowi
in all directions.
Goosewing: to boom-out the hea
to windward on a run by using a
whisker pole to hold the sail on the
opposite side to the mainsail.
Ground tackle: general te
anchoring gear.
a large headsail, in various
chor put over the
keel which
ch a line
urement used for
for splicing
ed border for a cabin ta-
or more position lines.
st stay, running
stance between
s the mainsail and
entric rings, piv-
at through the
ng it to move
dsail
rm used for
Guard rail: a metal rail fi
the boat to prevent the crew falling
overboard.
Gudgeon: a rudd
into which the pintle fits.
Guy: a steadying rope f
spinnaker guy controls the fore and aft
position of the spinnaker pole; the
foreguy holds the spinnaker pole forward and down.
Gybe: to change from one
other by turning the stern through the
wind.
er fitting. It is the eye
tted around
or a spar; a
tack to an-
H
Halyard: rope used to hoist and lower
sails.
Hank: fitting us
a sail to a stay.
Hatch: an opening in the deck giving
acc
ess to the interior.
Hawes pipe: see Navel pip
Head-topwind: when the
pointing right into the wind.
Headfoil: a streamlined su
forestay, with a groove into which a
headsail luff slides.
Heads: the toilet.
Headway: the forward movement of a
boat through the water.
Heave-to: to back the jib
tiller to leeward; used in heavy
weather to encourage the boat to lie
quietly and to reduce headway.
Heaving line: a light line suitable for
owing ashore.
thr
Heel: to lean
ed to attach the luff of
e.
bows are
rround to a
and lash the
over to one side.
I
Isobars: lines on a weather map join-
ing places of equal atmospheric pressure.
J
Jackstay: a line running fore and aft,
on both sides of the boat, to which
safety harnesses are clipped.
Jury: a temporar
lost or damaged gear.
y device to replace
K
Keel: the main backbone of the boat
to which a ballast keel is bolted or
through which the centerboard
passes.
Kicking strap: a line use
boom down, to keep it horizontal, par-
ticularly on a reach or run.
d to pull the
L
Lanyard: a short line attached to one
object, such as a knife, with which it is
secured to another.
Leech: 1, the after edge of a tria
sail; 2, both side edges of a square
sail.
Leehelm: the tende
bear away from the wind.
Lee shore: a shor
wind blows.
Leeward: aw
rection to which the wind blows.
Leeway: the sideway
boat off its course as a result of the
wind blowing on one side of the sails.
Lifeline: a wi
the deck to prevent the crew falling
overboard.
Limber holes: gaps left
end of frames above the keel to allow
water to drain to the lowest point of
the bilges.
List: a boat’s more or less permanent
lean to on
proper distribution of weight, e.g., bal-
last or water.
Log: 1, an instrument for measuring a
boat’s sp
through the water; 2, to record in a
book the details of a voyage, usually
distances covered and weather.
Luff: the fo
up is to turn a boat’s head right into
the wind.
Luff groove: a groove in a wood
metal spar into which the luff of a
headsail is fed.
Lurch: the sudden roll of a boat.
ay from the wind; the di-
re or rope rigged around
e side, owing to the im-
eed and distance traveled
rward e
ncy of a boat to
e on to which the
s movement of a
at the lower
dge of a sail. To luff
ngle
en or
M
a
Marlin spike:
wooden spike used to open up the
strands of rope or wire then splicing.
Mast Step: the socket in whi
base of the mast is located.
Measured mile: a distance of one
nautical mil
buoys or transits/ranges ashore, and
marked on the chart.
pointed steel or
ch the
e measured between
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Member: a part of the skeleton of the
hull, such as a stringer laminated into
fiberglass hull to strengthen it.
Meridian: an imaginary lin
the Earth that passes through the
poles and cuts at right angles through
the Equator. All lines of longitude are
meridians.
r
Mizzen: 1, the sho
ketch or yawl; 2, the fore and aft sail
set on this mast.
ter, after-mast on a
N
Navel pipe:
deck through which the anchor chain
passes to the locker below.
Noon Sight: a vessel’s la
be found, using a sextant, when a
heavenly body on the observer’s me-
ridian is at its greatest altitude. The
sight of the sun at noon is the one
most frequently taken.
a metal
O
i
Off the wind: w
off, not close-hauled.
On the wind: close-haule
Out haul: a rope used to pull out the
foot of a sail.
Overall length (OAL): the bo
treme length, measured from the
foremost past of the bow to the aftermost part of the stern, excluding bowspirt, self-steering gear etc.
th the sheets slacked
P
Painter: the bow line by which a din-
ghy, or tender, is towed or made fast.
Pintle: a rudder fitting wit
that fits into the gudgeon to form a
hinged pivot for the rudder.
Pitch: 1, the up
the bows of a boat plunging over the
waves; 2, the angle of the propeller
blades.
Point of sailing: the diffe
from which a boat may sail; the boat’s
course relative to the direction of the
wind.
Port: the left-hand side of the boat,
ng forward (opp. of starboard).
looki
Port tack: a boat is on
when the wind strikes the port side
first and the mainsail is out to star-
board. A boat on the port tack gives
way to a boat on a starboard tack.
and down motion of
e encircling
pipe in the fore-
titude can
d.
at’s ex-
h a long pin
rent angles
a port tack
Position line/ Line of position: a line
draw
n on a chart, as a result of taking
a bearing, along which the boat’s position must be, i.e. two position lines
give a fix.
Pulpit: a metal
bows of a boat to provide safety for
the crew.
Pushpit: a metal guard rail fitted at
the stern.
guard rail
fitted at the
Q
Quarter: the portion of the boat mid-
way between the stern and the beam;
on the quarter means about 45 de-
grees abaft the beam.
R
Rake: th
the perpendi
feature of a boat.
Range: 1, se
difference between the high and low
water levels of a tide; 3, the distance
at which a light can be seen.
Rating: a method of measuring cer-
tain dimen
to take part in handicap races.
Reach: to sa
mately on the beam; all sailing points
between running and close-hauled.
Reef: to reduce the sail area by fold-
ing or rolling surplus m
boom or forestay.
Reefing pennant: stron
which the luff or leech cringle is pulled
down to the boom when reefing.
Rhumb line: a line cutting
ans at the same angle; the course fol-
lowed by a boat sailing in a fixed direction.
Riding light to anchor light: an all-
around
the forestay, to show that a boat under
50 ft. (15m.)is at anchor. It must be
visible for 2 mls. (3 km.).
Rigging screw: a de
which the tensions of standing rigging,
e.g. stays, shrouds, etc. are adjusted.
Roach: the curved p
a sail that extends beyond the direct
line from head to clew.
Run: to run with the
the sheets eased well out.
Running rigging: all the moving
lines, such
e fore and aft deviation from
cular of a mast or other
e transit; 2, of tides, the
sions of a yacht to enable it
il with the wind approxi-
aterial on the
g line with
all meridi-
white light, usually hoisted on
ck fitting with
art of the leech of
wind aft and with
as sheets and halyards,
used in the setting and trimming of
sails.
S
Scope: the l
paid out when mor anchoring.
Scuppers: 1, hole
allow water to drain off the deck; 2,
drain cockpit through hull.
Seacock: a valve that shuts off an
underwater inlet or outlet passing
through the hull.
Seize: to bind two rope
rope to a spar, with a light line.
Serve: to cover and protect a splice
part of a rope with twine bound tightly
against the lay.
Serving mallet: tool with a groove
head, used when serving a rope to
keep the twine at a constant and high
tension.
Set: 1, to hoist a sail; 2, the way in
h the sails fit; 3, the direction of
whic
tidal current or steam.
Shackle: a metal link wi
able bolt across the end; of various
shapes: D, U.
Sheave: a grooved wh
or spar for a rope to run on.
Sheet: the rope atta
of a sail or to the boom, enabling it to
be controlled or trimmed.
Shrouds: ropes or wires,
pairs, led from the mast to the chain
plates at deck level to prevent the
mast falling sideways; part of the
standing rigging.
Sloop: a single-ma
with a mainsail and one head sail.
Spar: a general term for any wooden
or metal
used to carry or give shape to sails.
Spindrift: spray blown along the sur-
face of the se
Spinnaker: a large, light, balloon
shaped sail set when reaching or run-
ning.
Splice: to join ro
ing the strands and interweaving
them.
Split pin: see
Spreaders: horiz
to the mast, which extends to the
shrouds and help to support the mast.
ength of ro
s in the toe rail that
pole, e.g., mast or boom,
a.
pes or wire by unlay-
cotter pin.
ontal struts attached
pe or cable
s together, or a
or
d
th a remov-
eel in a block
ched to the clew
usually in
sted sailing boat
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Stall: a sail stalls when the airflow
over it breaks up, causing the boat to
lose way.
Stanchion: upright metal
to the deck to support guardrails or
lifelines.
Standing part: the pa
used when making a knot; the part of
a rope that is made fast, or around
which the knot is tied.
Standing rigging: the
stays that are permanently set up and
support the mast.
Starboard: ri
looking forward (opp. of port).
Starboard tack: a boat
board tack when the wind strikes the
starboard side first and the boom is
out to the port.
Stay: wire or rope which supports the
mast in
the standing rigging.
Steerage way: a boat has steera
way when it has sufficient speed to allow it to be steered, or to answer the
helm.
Stem: the timer at the
keel upward, to which the planking is
attached.
Sternway: the ba
movement of a boat.
Stringer: a fo
to strengthen the frames.
ght-hand side of a boat
a fore and aft direction; part of
re and aft member, fitted
T
Tack: 1, the lower forward corner of a
sail; 2, to turn the boat through the
wind so that it blows on the opposite
sides of the sails.
Tacking: working to wind
ing close-hauled on alternate courses
so that the wind is first on one side of
the boat, then on the other.
Tack pennant: a le
an eye in each end, used to raise the
tack of a headsail some distance off
the deck.
Tackle: a pu
ing of rope and blocks that is used to
gain mechanical advantage.
Tang: a strong metal fitting by which
standi
ng rigging is attached to the
mast or other spar.
Tender of dinghy: a small boat used
to ferry stores and people to a yacht.
rchase system compris-
post bolted
rt of a line not
shrouds and
is the star-
ge
bow, from the
ckward, stern-first
ward by sail-
ngth of wire with
Terminal fitting: fitting at the end of a
wire ro
can be attached to the mast, a tang or
a rigging screw/ turnbuckle.
Tide: the vertical rise and fall of the
oce
traction of the moon.
Toe rail: a low strip of metal or mold-
ing runni
deck.
Topping lift: a line from the masthe
to a spar, normally the boom, which is
used to raise it.
Topsides: the part of a bo
is above the waterline.
Track: 1, the
good; 2, a fitting on the mast or boom
into which the slides on a sail fit; 3, a
fitting along which a traveller runs,
used to alter the angle of the sheets.
Transit: two
sit when seen in line; two transit give
position fix.
Traveller: 1, a ring o
be hauled along a spar; 2, a fitting that
slides in a track and is used to alter
the angle of the sheets.
Trim: 1, to adjus
sails, by means of sheets, so that they
work most efficiently; 2, to adjust the
boat’s load, and thus the fore and aft
angle at which it floats.
True wind: the dire
the wind felt when stationary, at an-
chor or on land.
Turnbuckle: see Rigging scre
pe by which a shroud or stay
ans caused by the gravitational at-
ng around the edge of the
at’s hull that
course a boat has made
fixed object
s are in tran-
r hoop that can
t the angle of the
ction and speed of
w.
U
Under way: a boat is und
it is not made fast to shore, at anchor
or aground.
Uphaul: a line used to raise
thing vertically, e.g., the spinnaker
pole.
er way wh
some-
V
Veer: 1, the
in clockwise direction; 2, to pay out
anchor cable or rope in a gradual,
controlled way.
wind vee
rs when it shifts
W
Wake: th
of a boat.
Waterline: the line along the hull at
whic
e disturbed water left as
h a boat floats.
Waterline length (WL): the leng
a boat from stem to stern at the water-
line. It governs the maximum speed of
displacement hull and effects a boats
rating.
Weather helm: ( opp. of
Wea
ther side: the sid
which the wind is blowing.
Wetted surface: the are
under water.
Whisker pole: a light po
ad
hold out the clew of a headsail when
running.
Winch: a mecha
ing usually of a metal drum turned by
a handle, around which a line is
wound to give the crew more purchasing power when hauling taut a line,
e.g. a jib sheet.
Windage: those p
increase drag, e.g., rigging, spars,
crew, etc.
Windlass: a winch
shaft and a vertical handle, used to
haul up the anchor chain.
Windward: the dire
the wind blows; towards the wind
(opp. of leeward).
nical device, consist-
lee helm).
e of a boat on
a of the hull
arts of a boat that
with a horizontal
ction from which
Y
Yawl: a
zen
post.
two masted boat with a miz-
stepped aft of the rudder stock/
en
tern
th of
le used to
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