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"What the heck did he just say?"
Avast - A command to stop immediately what one is doing.
Bear away - To turn the ship away from the wind.
Belay - To pause or hold for instructions.
Brace - To pivot the yard so the sail can catch the wind.
Cast off - To untie or loose a rope or line.
Come about - To turn the ship into the wind to the opposite tack.
Douse - To hoist the buntlines, leechlines, and clewlines, so the sail is ready to furl.
Ease - To let out a bit of line under control.
Furl - To bundle a sail to its yard using its gaskets.
Handsomely - To do something carefully and gradually.
Haul - To pull on a line.
Head up - To turn the ship closer to the wind.
Heave - To throw (an object or line) or to haul with all your strength.
Heave to - To set the sails of a vessel so that their driving force is in opposition. This allows a vessel to stop or slow while her sails are still set.
Ho � 1) To rest between heaving. 2) A call when an object is spotted, e.g., �Sail Ho!� or �Land Ho!�
Hoist - To lift or raise, such as a sail or a flag.
Make Fast - Secured (said of a rope or line) so as to be unable to shift.
Lay - to go to the location indicated, e.g., "Lay aloft!" (Climb the rigging!) or "Lay alow!" (Get down on deck!).
Reef - To take in part of the sail that can be rolled up and secured by reef-points.
Set - To unfurl, sheet home, and brace a sail to the current tack.
Sheet Home - 1) To haul the sheets of a sail all the way through their guiding blocks at the yardarms of the yard below, up to the clews, until they can go no further, so the sail may be used. 2) On the course sail, this means to haul on the leeward sheet until the sail is the optimum shape.
Smartly - To do something quickly.
Unfurl - To let loose a sail and coil its gaskets.
Wea�r ship - To bear away, jibe, and head up to the opposite tack; used when the ship lacks enough forward momentum to come about.
Where away? - A request for the bearing to an object.
