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BBC E-mail: Huge win secures England top spot

2011-08-14T02:20:00.001-07:00

Eldred Curwen saw this story on the BBC Sport website and thought you
should see it.

** Huge win secures England top spot **
England beat India by an innings and 242 runs at Edgbaston to take a 3-0 lead in the series and become the world's number one Test side.

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Web Design in Melbourne from our new Web Design Studio.

2011-03-03T15:17:00.001-08:00

Web Design in Melbourne by M1Creative.

At last we have managed to get our Melbourne site and therefore the web design business up and running. It is interesting how much we take for granted in our understanding of the bureaucracy within our own country and how little therefore one understands the bureaucracy in a new country.

Australia is renowned for being bureaucratic but really it is the Brits own fault, as we taught them all we know.

We are going to target the Melbourne area with our new web design studio and as such we have set up our Google Places to only display us for Melbourne searches.

The Melbourne web design Studio will concentrate on new websites and on SEO rather than our other work teaching people to carry out SEO themselves. That way we can concentrate on bringing our design expertise to our small area down under.

M1Creative will demonstrate that good website design and organisation does not come at an extreme price and that good value in this era of austerity can prove reliable and most importantly profitable. We can do this as we use the best designers available in Melbourne who have the requisite skills in Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal.

As a design studio we like to work most of the time with Wordpress as it is intuitive for the client and simple to build up into any type of site you wish. The sky is the limit but eCommerce sites are easily incorporated along with memberships and club websites.

M1Creative
8 Montrose Avenue
Brighton
VIC
3186
Australia

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Melbourne - Dogs at the Beach

2011-01-07T20:10:00.001-08:00

Now why didi I move to Melbourne?

Photos of Dogs

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Select Committee lokking at shootings and gun legislation in the UK

2010-12-19T23:34:00.001-08:00

Just heard Keith Vaz about the Selcet Committee relating to the shootings in the UK in 2010. Seemed to suggest removing 34 existing laws and creating one big one. Gun control by the back door maybe? Must say I wasn't aware you could have a license even if you have a suspended sentence and didn't know you can have a firearm license at 14. Maybe it would be good to sort out these obvious anomalies. Assuming of course that a parent or guardian can still teach a child to shoot under supervision!

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Brilliant plugins for use in Wordpress to quadruple your visitors.

2010-12-08T03:48:00.001-08:00

Here are two of the secrets I use for promoting Wordpress sites automatically. It is white hat and therefore is loved by the search engines.

The RSS Bomber for Wordpress.

I also use this for even better results in wordpress. they work on different aspects of the wordpress set up so they don't conflict. Both of them cost a penny or two but with one extra commission they would pay for themselves.

Wordpress Silo Plugin.

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Wedding Photographer London

2010-10-07T08:01:00.001-07:00

As an experienced Wedding Photographer based in London Sandi Friend is the prominent photographer people turn to.

Sandi is not only trained in wedding photography, but is also an accomplished Fashion Photographer and has many clients in the editorial world.

Children play an important part in Sandi’s Portfolio, and as a very busy mum, understands taking photographs of children requires tremendous skill and patience. Working with fashion models is challenging enough, but producing that natural photograph needs a sensitive and empathic touch. All of Sandi’s Portfolios demonstrate her well practiced photography skills.

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Another Web Design Cumbria and Lancashire website

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Karen Rhodes - Wedding Caterers, Event Management and Catering for the home. - Karen Rhodes Catering

2010-10-07T08:00:00.001-07:00

The Perfect Wedding Guaranteed.

What we do
Pricing
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Wedding Quote

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I am so pleased with this new website. It is a Web Design Cumbria and Lancashire Special

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Times & Star | Cumbria's Roman history washed to the surface by floods

2010-09-18T13:12:00.001-07:00

Last updated at 13:44, Wednesday, 25 August 2010

The deluge that struck the county last November washed away so many precious things – the rebuilding of lives still goes on in its wake.

Archaeologist Mark Graham at work

Video: Mark Graham explains the dig

But as the torrents receded, the most important archeological find the county has seen in years was revealed near Cockermouth.

In the middle of a scrubby field edging the River Derwent at Papcastle, a team of local volunteers are dotted around several trenches. Wearing waterproofs and clutching trowels, they are on their hands and knees, scraping and brushing at the earth as two nonplussed horses look on.

Known as Broomlands, one edge of the field is bordered by the back of the Lakes Homecentre. On the other side is the village of Papcastle, rising into the trees.

Through the site a wide strip of boulders and gravel sweeps. It’s the calling card of the torrential floodwater that thundered so powerfully through the field that it also reportedly deposited a transit van that had been left in a car park some distance away.

Although the field had peacefully been used for crops and grazing for perhaps many centuries, the floods are certainly not the first piece of action Broomlands has ever seen.

At the centre of the dig is a compelling, historically significant find in the shape of a section of sandstone wall.

Sitting three feet underground and neighbouring a waterlogged trench, to the untrained eye it’s just...well, muddy stone. But this slab of wall forms part of a Roman mill dating back about 2,000 years.

It is a major coup for the county. There is only one other in the whole of the north of England – a mill unearthed at Halwhistle Burn in 1908.

It also has the potential to bring about major changes in the way we think about Romano-British settlements.

The mill is a discovery that has the team, headed up by Mark Graham of Grampus Heritage and Training, extremely excited.

“We had no idea any of this was here,” Mark says.

“This is exciting stuff.”

The mill is just one of the findings since explorations began. A geophysical survey in May saw droves of volunteers pacing the field in grids armed with magnetometers – instruments that can detect buried walls.

In the picture that the readings created an amphitheatre, iron smelting works and domestic buildings were seen just several feet below the surface.

These structures now form part of the excavation. Along the way, Roman coins have been found, some with emperor’s heads still visible, and a pendant of red enamel along with shards and shards of Samian ware pottery.

Cockermouth man Ray Buckingham is one of the volunteers painstakingly working to uncover the historical treasure.

Squatting in a baseball cap and fleece, Ray is busy digging soil from the outline of a Roman building.

An old hand at this excavation lark, he triggered the quest last year after walking out on the fields when the flood waters had drained away.

“I found structures were visible,” says Ray. “And bits of pottery. Other people were finding them too when out walking. So I called the county archeologist.”

Soon afterwards, Heritage Lottery Fund stumped up the cash so Bassenthwaite Reflections could investigate.

The Bassenthwaite conservation charity was working at Castlerigg, near Keswick, as part of the Unlocking Hidden Heritage project but soon took up the call and paid attention to Broomfields.

Incidentally Ray, who works in construction, has history in uncovering artifacts around Papcastle. The Roman fort at Papcastle has been open for several years, but Ray kick-started national interest in the village again after contacting Channel 4’s Time Team in 1998.

“It was at my old house in Papcastle and I was building an extension. I started finding Roman material.

“Time Team decided to come along and they excavated in my garden.”

Papcastle became a film set for that weekend. The team numbered 45, including caterers, the St John Ambulance volunteers, three film crews and a staff of archaeologists and presenters.

The Time Team discoveries led archaeologists to believe that Papcastle was far larger and more important than previously thought.

They found a gridded street pattern, which suggests a well thought-out and planned town.

The resulting programme was aired in 1999.

But although the Time Team took geophysical readings from a field close by, on the other side of the river, the exploration ended there. Indeed, monuments in Papcastle are mentioned in documents dating back to the 1550s. Yet no one has ever thought to dig in the Broomlands field until now.

Mark explains: “The reason people didn’t look this side is because it’s a flood plain. The rest is on a hill.

“But this could have been the engine for industry in the settlement.”

Some 100ft from the river course as it is now, the mill could potentially once have been used to power bellows for metal smelting.

“The river course has changed since then,” says Mark. “We think this was to harness the power of the river. And it shows people felt safe living here a long way from the fort.

“We think it’s part of the settlement that grew after the initial fortification.

“Maybe now in other areas where Roman settlements have been found, using modern technologies we can discover places where before we would not have thought people would occupy.

“It changes our perceptions of the importance of rivers to Romano-British settlements.”

The dig also has the potential to change our perception of Romans in the county according to Mark.

“When people think of Romans in Cumbria they think of forts and how we are in a zone of military occupation.

“This helps tell part of the untold story in Cumbria of how we had thriving a civilian culture.”

The dig is scheduled to finish a week on Saturday. After then, it is up to the landowners and various bodies such as Natural England what happens next.

Mark says: “We will have a lot of questions. The more you find, the more intrigued you are.”

And indeed the Romans are intriguing. More than 15 volunteers from the community have turned out for every day of the dig so far.

Roger Asquith, a retired engineer at Sellafield, lives just minutes from the dig site and has been keenly involved in helping unearth the field’s secrets.

“It’s about discovery,” he says. “And Roman mills are as rare as rocking horse droppings.”

“I think the Romans are very tangible,” adds Mark. “We can see the material they’ve left behind. The Roman age is the birth of the historic age in Britain, before that it’s pre-historic.

“The Romans have had a massive impact on the country and we are part of a much larger Roman Empire that stretched down as far as Africa.

“You could say that here we are at the edge of the Roman Empire, we’re part of something amazing.”

Perhaps the Broomlands remains will be covered over after this dig and sleep undisturbed again for many years. Perhaps there will be more excavations hot on the heels of the Bassenthwaite project.

It’s not yet clear. But the rest, as they say, is definitely history.

If you are interested in helping out at the dig call 017687 74785.

First published at 11:25, Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk

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Amazing what you can find in a field in Cockermouth.

Now how do I get a grant to keep this open to the general public, or do I have to fill it all in next week?

Criminal... 50 odd people have worked on this dig, similar to Time Team and now we have to fill it in again.

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French Villa Management » French Villa Management by Heather Curwen

2010-09-16T11:57:00.001-07:00

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Johnnies new website, not finished but he's live in a French Magazine tomorrow so needed the contct pages etc up to speed.

Website built in 2 hours!

Not bad really...

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North West Weather for Windermere, Kendal and The Lake District - Current Weather Conditions at Mirefoot Cottages

2010-09-11T00:30:00.001-07:00

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Live weather from a weather station near windermere. I particularly like dynamic informative pages like this. Thats why I built it!

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Changing or just ringing you energy provider saved me £400!!

2010-09-07T01:13:00.001-07:00

Major coup! .....

Rang both my Electricity Companies: nPower and Eon as House on one and cottages on the other. They were charging me different tariffs, obviously.

First call to nPower.

Oh, you can have it much cheaper than that, just go onto our latest tariff. As a direct debit customer I didn't make a huge difference, £1200 down to £950 but if you are moving to direct debit and bills online it would be a huge jump.

So... Thought I'd dump Eon as they were much more expensive for my usage.

Rang them up... Same thing except I don't do bills on line. £1300 down to £1100.

Takes 6 weeks to do an account transfer, so just going online and applying to both companies to go onto the new tariffs straight away and saving a whopping £400.

Super Cool and chuffed to bits!

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Lake Windermere: England's Largest Lake And Its Surrounds

2010-09-07T00:38:00.001-07:00

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Good short precis of what there is available in the Windermere Area. By the www.windermerehotels.co guys

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» Safety Culture – a Step too far for Windermere Windermere Hotels

2010-09-05T01:07:00.001-07:00

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I am passionate about this complete safety related farce.

How can one swim go ahead and the other be cancelled on the same day in the same lake?

The Environment Agency failed Cumbria in November with its non existent river management for the preceeding 5 years and now this back of the fag packet safety assessment that affects countless businesses and nearly 10,00 swimers. What a farce!!!

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We’re being persecuted, say Lake District off-road drivers (From The Westmorland Gazette)

2010-09-03T13:14:00.001-07:00

We’re being persecuted, say Lake District off-road drivers (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Countryside campaigners and walking groups are delighted by the ruling – but off-roaders are fuming at the judgement to ban them from the Walna Scar Pass between Coniston and Seathwaite. Alan Kidd, senior editor of the Off Road Yearbook, said: “Off-road drivers feel enormously and unfairly persecuted, that there’s a campaign of vilification against us by other user groups, particularly some of the more militant walking groups who try to paint a very unfair picture of the damage that 4x4 drivers cause.

Not sure Windermere Hotels users will be so pleased at a loss of yet another outdoor activity!

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Poisonous algae forces Lake Windermere swim to be postponed Telegraph

2010-09-03T13:06:00.001-07:00

A spokesman said: "Unfortunately it has been necessary to postpone the British Gas Great North Swim, which was due to be staged on Saturday and Sunday, September 4th and 5th, at Windermere.

"This is due to prevalence of blue-green algae and the impact that this may have on safety in the water."

The decision was taken by the event safety group after stringent water quality checks were completed.

The organisers said: "We are looking at a potential new 2010 date for the Great North Swim and will let you know by email on or before Tuesday, September 7."

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Such a shame. Hopefully it will still go ahead, but there are bound to be so many fewer participants.

Mind you, after a lifetime of swimming in it, I don't seem to be any worse the ware! Do I ?

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Waterskiing on Windermere

2010-09-03T10:33:00.001-07:00

Windermere Hotels in the background

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The Mum test

2010-09-03T01:32:00.001-07:00

THE MUM TEST

I was out walking with my 4-year-old daughter. She picked up something off of the ground and started to put it in her mouth.
I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
'Why?' my daughter asked.
'Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it's dirty,
And probably has germs,' I replied.
At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,
'Mum, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart...'
I was thinking quickly and replied, 'All mums know this stuff. It's on the Mum Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mum.'
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.
'Oh.....I get it!' she beamed, 'So if you don't pass the test you have to be the dad.'
'Exactly,' I replied with a big smile on my face.

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Just started using Gmail - Priority Inbox

2010-09-03T01:31:00.001-07:00

Gmail's priority Inbox is great, so far!

It really makes a difference to my workflow in the morning when I open my mail up. Beginning to save loads of time.

If I can get the Windermere Hotels blog steaming up the Google listings then I shall need this accelerated email handling!

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Windermere Hotels

2010-09-01T00:20:00.001-07:00

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A great start to an open discussion about Windermere Hotels. The hog wash surrounding their promotional activities etc.

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Check out this site I found on StumbleUpon!

2010-08-11T08:28:00.001-07:00

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Luxury Garden furniture and outdoor equipment delivered direct including: Garden Hammock, Garden Loungers, Garden Swings, Hamper Baskets - Garden Deals

2010-08-06T03:57:00.001-07:00

Garden Hammock, Garden Loungers, Garden Swings, Hamper Baskets

We are delighted to re-open our succesful website with a nrand new range of garden outdoor furniture and equipment. All our products are deliveered directly from the manufacturer so you benefit from the lowest prices on the Internet.

We currently have the following items available: Garden Hammock, Garden Loungers, Garden Swings, Hamper Baskets

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Test

2010-07-07T05:09:00.001-07:00

If I write http://www.mirefoot.co.uk what happens?

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Small Dog Harness - Finally something to control the mutt with!

2010-04-21T10:11:00.001-07:00

Small Dog Harness - and it works.

I have to say I have been trying to find a small dog harness for ages and at last I have found one and it works! I can highly recommend it and it can even control a working cocker spaniel called Smudge!

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The Outdoor Warehouse - Deuter Futura 32

2010-02-17T06:55:00.001-08:00

Details

The Deuter Futura 32

The Deuter Futura 32 rucksack is built for the weekend get-away with features that you normally do not find in a small rucksack. This Deuter Futura 32 provides ample space for an overnight escape.

For anyone looking for clarity, check out the new clean lines of the Futura. In addition, this Futura top-loader is even more comfortable thanks to its new fit hip belt the perfect criteria to accomplish lengthy day hikes, multi-day mountain treks or long via ferratas on top form.

Its Aircomfort back ventilation system leaves you with more room in your lungs and its precision features leave you wanting for nothing. With their performance-enhancing Aircomfort back ventilation system and full list of features and available in the Futura SL versions, equipped with shorter, narrower SL shoulder straps and a conical shaped waist belt to deliver the perfect fit that all users have been looking for.

** Please note that delivery will take 5-days for this item **

This daysack is part of our full range and you can find our other ruscksacks and backpacks here.

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We tried this recently and were very impressed. Carried a load of stuff without knackering my back.

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Wunder Cams : Weather Underground

2010-01-31T08:38:00.001-08:00

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Cool, now you can see a history of our webcam, when its working that is!
The webcam is at our Lake District Cottages website and looks North towards Longsleddale and Potter Fell.

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How long has the Queen ruled for ? Amazing

2010-01-15T03:23:00.001-08:00

I was a little shocked by the pictures when it penetrated my brain as to how long she’s been around.

This old gal gives new meaning to the phrase "Long Live the Queen"

How old does this one make you feel?

I don't know about you, but I went oh my gosh somewhere between Eisenhower and Truman.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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Windermere live weather

2009-12-20T04:28:00.001-08:00

Live weather reports from Windermere

in reference to: North West Weather for Windermere, Kendal and The Lake District - Current Weather Conditions at Mirefoot Cottages (view on Google Sidewiki)

Skiing - I know its not sailing but...

2009-03-13T05:03:00.000-07:00

The prep school of Windermere St Annes, Elleray School has just become No 4 in The Uk in the ISSC 2009 at Les Housches. What a fantastice performance well done from all in The Lake District.

Sailing Terms

2007-09-05T12:40:00.000-07:00

Sailing Terms often appear to make sure that those of us who have not grown up with the sea have no idea what anyone is talking about.

So in the interests of making sure that you have some idea of what anyone is saying I have put together an alphabetical list of sailing terms.

There are plenty of books as well if you need to take away this information with you and Text Books galore. So if you need to add to your sailing book collection then this link may help.Sailing Book Shop

Glossary of Sailing Terms

A

Abaft - Toward the rear (stern) of the boat. Behind.

Abeam - At right angles to the keel of the boat, but not on the boat.

Aboard - On or within the boat.

Above Deck - On the deck (not over it - see ALOFT)

Abreast - Side by side; by the side of.

Adrift - Loose, not on moorings or towline.

Aft - Toward the stern of the boat.

Aground - Touching or fast to the bottom.

Ahead - In a forward direction.

Aids To Navigation - Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.

Alee - Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.

Aloft - Above the deck of the boat.

Amidships - In or toward the center of the boat.

Anchorage - A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.

Astern - In back of the boat, opposite of ahead.

Athwartships - At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.

Aweigh - The position of anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom.

Avast- Command meaning "stop what you're doing"

B

Backstay - A wire support for the mast, usually running from the stern to the head of the mast.

Baggywrinkle - Clumps of frayed rope that protect the sails from chafing against the lines.

Bale - A fitting on the end of a spar, such as the boom, to which a line may be led.

Ballast Weight - usually metal, placed low in a boat to provide stability.

Barber Hauler - A line attached to the jib or jib sheet, used to adjust the angle of sheeting by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat.

Batten Down - Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.

Battens - Flexible strips of wood or plastic, most commonly used in the mainsail to support the
aft portion, or roach, so that it will not curl.

Beam - The greatest width of the boat.

Bearing - The direction of an object expressed either as a true bearing as shown on the chart, or as a bearing relative to the heading of the boat.

Belay- To temporarily secure a line to a cleat, or as a command "disregard the last order"

Below - Beneath the deck.

Bight - The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

Bilge - A rounding of the hull along the length of the boat where the bottom meets the side.

Bilge Boards - Similar to centerboards, and used to prevent lee way.

Bilgeboards - are on either side of the centerline at the bilges.

Binnacle - A support for the compass, raising it to a convenient position.

Bitter End - The last part of a rope or chain. The inboard end of the anchor rode.

Board boat - A small boat, usually mono rig. May have a shallow cockpit well. Typically has almost no freeboard.

Boat - A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship. A submarine

Boat Hook - A short shaft with a fitting at one end shaped to facilitate use in putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.

Bobstay - Wire Stay underneath the bowsprit; helps to counteract the upward pull exerted by the forestay.

Boom Crutch - Support for the boom, holding it up and out of the way when the boat is anchored or moored. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is
sailing.

Boom - free swinging spar attached to the foot of the sail with forward end pivoting on the mast.

Boom Crutch - Support for the boom, holding it up and out of the way when the boat is anchored or moored. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is
sailing.

Boom Vang - A system used to hold the boom down, particularly when boat is sailing downwind, so that the mainsail area facing the wind is kept to a maximum. Frequently extends from the boom to a location near the base of the mast. Usually tackle- or lever-operated.

Boomkin (bumpkin)- Short spar extending aft from the transom. Used to anchor the backstay or the sheets from the mizzen on a yawl or ketch.

Boot Top - A painted stripe that indicates the waterline.

Bow - The forward part of a boat.

Bowline - Knot used to form a temporary loop in a line

Bow Line - A docking line leading from the bow.

Bowsprit - A short spar extending forward from the bow. Normally used to anchor the forestay.

Brale - Partially furling sails to lessen wind resistance or partially unfurling sails to make them ready for instant use. On a square sail this is accomplished with leech and clew lines. See "Scandalize"

Bridge - The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled. "Control Station" is really a more appropriate term for small craft.

Bridge Deck - The transverse partition between the cockpit and the cabin.

Bridle - A short length of wire with a line attached at the midpoint. A bridle is used to distribute the load of the attached line. Often used as boom travelers and for spinnaker down hauls.

Brightwork - Varnished woodwork and/or polished metal.

Bulkhead - An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull. May be watertight.

Bullseye - A round eye through which a line is led, usually in order to change the direction of pull.

Bulwark - A vertical extension above deck level designed to keep water out of and sailors in the boat

Bunk - Sleeping Berth

Buoy - An anchored float used for marking a position on the water or a hazard or a shoal and for mooring.

Burdened Vessel - That vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rules, must give way to the privileged vessel. The term has been superseded by the term "give-way".

C

Cabin - A compartment for passengers or crew.

Cap - A piece of trim, usually wood, used to cover and often decorate a portion of the boat, i.e., caprail.

Capsize - To turn over.

Capstan - drum like part of the windlass used for winding in rope, cables, or chain connected to cargo or anchors

Cast Off - To let go.

Catamaran - A twin-hulled boat, with hulls side by side.

Centerboard - A board lowered through a slot in the centerline of he hull to reduce sideways skidding or leeway. Unlike a daggerboard, which lifts vertically, a centerboard pivots around a pin, usually located in the forward top corner, and swings up and aft.

Chafing Gear - Tubing or cloth wrapping used to protect a line from chafing on a rough surface.

Chain plate - The fitting used to attach stays to the hull.

Charley Noble - Galley stove pipe

Chart - A map for use by navigators.

Chine - The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat.

Chine- A line, running along the side of the boat, where the bottom forms an angle to the side. Not found on
round-bottom boats.

Chock - A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.

Cleat - A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.

Clew - For a triangular sail, the aftmost corner.

Clove Hitch - A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.

Coach Roof - Also trunk. The cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin.

Coaming - A vertical extension above the deck to prevent water from entering the cockpit. May be broadened to provide a base for winches.

Cockpit - An opening in the deck from which the boat is handled.

Coil - To lay a line down in circular turns.

Companionway - The main entrance to the cabin, usually including the steps down into the cabin.

Counter - At the stern of the boat, that portion of the hull emerging from below the water, and extending to the transom. Apr to be long in older designs, and short in more recent boats.

Course - The direction in which a boat is steered.

Coxswain - Sailor in charge of and steering a small boat

Crosstrees - Horizontal members attached to the mast acting as spreaders for the shrouds

Cuddy - A small shelter cabin in a boat.

Cunningham - A mainsail control device, using a line to pull down the mainsail a short distance from the luff to the tack. Flattens the sail.

Current - The horizontal movement of water.

D

Daggerboard - A board dropped vertically through the hull to prevent leeway. May be completely removed for beaching or for sailing downwind.

Danger Zone - The area encompassed from dead ahead of your boat to just abaft your starboard beam. You must stand clear of any boat in the "danger zone".

Davits - Small cranes used to raise or lower small boats and light items from deck to water level.

Dead Ahead - Directly ahead.

Dead Astern - Directly aft.

Dead-Eyes - Blocks in the shroud rigging used to adjust tension

Deadlight - Either a cover clamped over a porthole to protect it in heavy weather or a fixed light set into the deck or cabin roof to provide light below.

Dead Reckoning - also Ded Reckoning. Sometimes believed to be an abbreviation of Deduced Reckoning

Deck - A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.

Dinghy - A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.

Displacement - The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight.

Displacement Hull - A type of hull that plows through the water, displacing a weight of water equal to its own weight, even when more power is added.

Ditty Bag - Small bag used for carrying and stowing small personal items or kits

Dock - A protected water area in which vessels are moored.The term is often used to denote a pier or a wharf.

Dolphin - A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.

Dodger - A screen, usually fabric, erected to protect the cockpit from spray and wind.

Downhaul - A line used to pull a spar, such as the spinnaker pole, or a sail, particularly the mainsail, down.

Draft - The depth of water a boat draws.

Dry Sailing - When boats, especially smaller racers, are kept on shore instead of being left anchored or moored, they are dry sailed. The practice prevents marine growth
on the hull and the absorption of moisture into it.

E

Ebb - A receding current.

F

Fairlead - A fitting used to alter the direction of a working line, such as a bullseye, turning block, or anchor chock.

Fathom - Six feet.

Fender - A cushion, placed between boats, or between a boat and a pier, to prevent damage.

Fid - Tool used by riggers in splicing line

Figure Eight Knot - A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.

Flare - The outward curve of a vessel's sides near the bow. Or A distress signal.

Flood - A incoming current.

Fluke - The palm of an anchor.

Fo'c'sle An abbreviation of forecastle. Refers to that portion of the cabin which is farthest forward. In square-riggers often used as quarters for the crew.

Following Sea - An overtaking sea that comes from astern.

Foot - For a triangular sail, the bottom edge.

Fore And Aft - In a line parallel to the keel.

Foremast - vertical spar most forward

Forepeak - The compartment farthest forward in the bow of the boat. Often used for anchor or sail stowage. In larger ships the crews quarters

Foresail - lowest square sail on the foremast

Forestay - Wire, sometimes rod, support for the mast, running from the bowsprit or foredeck to a point at or near the top of the mast.

Foretriangle The triangle formed by the forestay, mast, and fore deck.

Forward - Toward the bow of the boat.

Fouled - Any piece of equipment that is jammed or entangled, or dirtied.

Fractional Rig - A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4~ 7/8's, etc., of the way up the mast.

Frames - Ribs that form the shape of the hull

Freeboard - The distance between the deck and the waterline. Most often it will vary along the length of the boat. (see: Shear)

G

Gaff - a free swinging spar attached to the top edge of a sail

Galley - The kitchen area of a boat.

Gangway - The area of a ship's side where people board and disembark.

Garboard - Used in conjunction with strake. Refers to the planks, or strakes, on either side of and adjacent to the keel.

Give-Way Vessel - A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.

Give Way Together - Command used by Coxswain in larger rowing boats

Gollywobbler - A full, quadrilateral sail used in light air on schooners. It is flown high, between the fore and main mast, and is also known as a fisherman's staysail.

Gooseneck - The fitting that connects the boom to the mast.

Grab Rails - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

Ground Tackle - A collective term for the anchor and its associated gear.

Gunter Rig - Similar to a gaff rig, except that the spar forming the "gaff" is hoisted to an almost vertical position, extending well above the mast.

Gunwale - Most generally, the upper edge of the side of a boat.

Guy - A line used to control the end of a spar. A spinnaker pole, for example, has one end attached to the mast, while the free end is moved back and forth with a guy.

H

Halyards - Lines used to hoist or lower sails or flags.

Halyards - lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden spars (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place.

Hard Chine - An abrupt intersection between the hull side and the hull bottom of a boat so constructed.

Hatch - an opening in the deck for entering below.

Head - For a triangular sail, the top corner. Also a marine toilet.

Headfoil - a grooved rod fitted over the forestay to provide support for luff of the sail or help support the forestay

Head Knocker - A block with a jam cleat, located on the boom and used to control the main sheet on small boats.

Heading - The direction in which a vessel's bow points at any given time.

Headsails - Any sail forward of the foremast.

Headway - Forward motion of boat opposite to sternway

Helm - The wheel or tiller controlling the rudder.

Helmsman - Sailor who steers the boat.

Hiking Stick - An extension of the tiller that enables the helms man to sit at a distance from it.

Hitch - A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.

Hold - A compartment below deck in a vessel, used solely for carrying cargo.

Hull - The main body of a vessel.

I

Inboard - More toward the center of a vessel; inside; an engine fitted inside a boat.

Inspection port - A watertight covering, usually small, that may be removed so the interior of the hull can be inspected or water removed.

J

Jacobs Ladder - A rope ladder, lowered from the deck, as when pilots or passengers come aboard.

Jetty - A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbor entrance.

Jettison - To throw overboard.

Jib - A triangular foresail in front of the foremast.

Jiffy reefing - A fast method of reefing. Lines pull down the luff and the leech of the sail, reducing its area.

Jumper Stay - A short stay supporting the top forward portion of the mast. The stay runs from the top of the mast forward over a short jumper strut, then down to the mast, usually at the level of the spreaders.

Jumbo - The larger of the headsails.

K

Keel -the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached.

Keelson - A structural member above and parallel to the keel.

Kick-up- Describes a rudder or centerboard that rotates back and up when an obstacle is encountered. Useful when a boat is to be beached.

Knockabout - A type of schooner without a bowsprit.

Knot - A measure of speed equal to one nautical mile (6076 feet) per hour.

Knot - A fastening made by interweaving rope to form a stopper, to enclose or bind an object, to form a loop or a noose, to tie a small rope to an object, or to tie the ends of two small ropes together.

L

Lapper - A foresail which extends back of and overlapping the mast, such as a 110% genoa jib.

Latitude - The distance north or south of the equator measured and expressed in degrees.

Lazarette - A storage space in a boat's stern area.

Lazy Jack - Light lines from the topping lift to the boom, forming a cradle into which the mainsail may be lowered.

Lead - Refers to the direction in which a line goes. A boom vang, for example, may "lead to the cockpit."

Leech - The aft edge of a triangular sail.

Leech Line - A line running through the leech of the sail, used to tighten it.

Lee - The side sheltered from the wind.

Leeward - The direction away from the wind. Opposite of Windward.

Leeway - The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.

Lee Boards - Pivoting boards on either side of a boat which serve the same function as a centerboard. The board to leeward is dropped, the board to windward is kept up.

Lines - Rope or cordage used for various purposes aboard a boat.

Log - A record of courses or operation. Also, a device to measure speed.

Longitude - The distance in degrees east or west of the meridian at

Loose-Footed - Describes a mainsail attached to the boom at the tack and clew, but not along the length of it's foot.

Lubber Line - A mark or permanent line on a compass indicating the direction forward parallel to the keel when properly installed

Luff - The forward edge of a triangular sail. In a mainsail the luff is that portion that is closest to the mast.

Luff or Luffing - when the vessel is brought too far into the wind the trailing edge or Leech of the sail begins to shiver or shake.

M

Mainmast - the tallest mast of the ship; on a schooner, the mast furthest aft.

Mainsail - The lowest square sail on the mainmast.

Marline - A light twine size line which has been tarred.

Marline Selling - A tool for opening the strands of a rope while splicing.

Mast - Main vertical spar used to support sails and their running rigging and in turn is supported by standing rigging

Mast Step - Fitting or construction into which the base of the mast is placed.

Masthead Rig - A design in which the forestay runs to the peak of the mast.

Mechanical advantage (or purchase) - A mechanical method of increasing an applied force. Disregarding the effects of friction, if a force of 100 pounds applied to a
tackle is magnified to a force of 400 pounds, the purchase or mechanical advantage is said to be
four to one, or 4: 1.

Midship - Approximately in the location equally distant from the bow and stern.

Mizzen - A fore and aft sail flown on the mizzenmast.

Monkey Deck - A false deck built over a permanent deck. Often used in the bow of larger sailing ships, forward of the anchor windlass and provides a working
platform around the portion of the bowsprit as it attaches to the ship.

Mooring - An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier.

N

Nautical Mile - One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.

Navigation - The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point
to another.

Navigation Regulations (or COLREGS) - The regulations governing the movement of vessels in relation to each other, generally called steering and sailing rules.

O

Oar - Device used to propel small boats by rowing

Outboard - Toward or beyond the boat's sides. A detachable engine mounted on a boat's stern.

Outhaul - Usually a line or tackle, an outhaul is used to pull the clew of the mainsail towards the end of the boom, thus tightening the foot of the sail.

Overhaul - Straightening out misaligned or partially fouled sails and rigging

Overboard - Over the side or out of the boat.

P

Pay Out: - to feed line over the side of the boat, hand over hand.

Pedestal - A vertical post in the cockpit used to elevate the steering wheel into a convenient position

Pier - A loading platform extending at an angle from the shore.

Pile - A wood, metal or concrete pole driven into the bottom. Craft may be made fast to a pile; it may be used to support a pier (see PILING) or a float.

Piling - Support, protection for wharves, piers etc.; constructed of piles (see PILE)

Pilothouse - a small cabin on the deck of the ship that protects the steering wheel and the crewman steering.

Planking - wood boards that cover the frames outside the hull.

Piloting - Navigation by use of visible references, the depth of the water, etc.

Planing - A boat is said to be planing when it is essentially moving over the top of the water rather than through the water.

Planing Hull - A type of hull shaped to glide easily across the water at high speed.

Port - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.

Priveledged Vessel - A vessel which, according to the applicable Navigation Rule, has right-of-way (this term has been superseded by the term "stand-on").

Pulpit - A metal framework on deck at the bow or stern. Provides a safety railing and serves as an attachment for the lifelines.

Pushpit - pulpit located on the stern.

Q

Quarter - The sides of a boat aft of amidships.

Quartering Sea - Sea coming on a boat's quarter.

Queen topsail - small stay sail located between the foremast and mainmast.

R

Rake - The fore or aft angle of the mast. Can be deliberately induced (by adjustment of the standing rigging) to flatten sails, balance steering, etc. Normally slightly aft.

Reef points - A horizontal line of light lines on a sail which may be tied to the boom, reducing the area of the sail during heavy winds.

Rigging: - the lines that hold up the masts and move the sails (standing and running rigging).

Roach - The curved portion of a sail extending past a straight line drawn between two corners. In a mainsail, the roach extends past the line of the leech between
the head and the clew and is often supported by battens.

Rocker - The upward curvature of the keel towards the bow and stern.

Rode - The anchor line and/or chain.

Rope - In general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use it becomes line.

Roller reefing - Reduces the area of a sail by rolling it around a stay, the mast, or the boom. Most common on headsails.

Rub-rail - Also rubbing strake or rub strake. An applied or thickened member at the rail, running the length of the boat; serves to protect the hull when alongside a
pier or another boat.

Rudder - A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.

Run - To allow a line to feed freely.

Running Backstay: Also runner, or preventive backstay. A stay that supports the mast from aft, usually from the quarter rather than the stern. When the boat is sailing downwind, the runner on the leeward side of the mainsail must be released so as not to interfere with the sail.

Running rigging -The adjustable portion of the rigging, used to control sails and equipment.

Running Lights - Lights required to be shown on boats underway between sundown and sunup.

S

Sail - a piece of cloth that catches or directs the wind and so powers a vessel.

Sailing Rig - the equipment used to sail a bost, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks.

Scandalize - On a gaff rig the sail is made loose footed, the clew is brought forward along the boom and the sail cloth is drawn up in folds along the gaff and mast. From this position the sail is instantly available for use.

Schooner - Sailing ships with at least 2 masts (foremast and mainmast) with the mainmast being the taller. Word derives from the term "schoon/scoon" meaning to move
smoothly and quickly. ( a 3-masted vessel is called a "tern").

Scope - Technically, the ratio of length of anchor rode in use to the vertical distance from the bow of the vessel to the bottom of the water. Usually six to seven to one
for calm weather and more scope in storm conditions.

Screw - A boat's propeller.

Scupper - Drain in cockpit, coaming, or toe-rail allowing water to drain out and overboard. When in toe rail, properly known as "freeing port"

Scuttle- A round window in the side or deck of a boat that may be opened to admit light and air, and closed tightly when required.

Seat Locker - A storage locker located under a cockpit seat.

Sea Cock - A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel's interior and the sea.

Seat locker - A storage locker located under a cockpit seat.

Self-bailing cockpit - A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

Self-tacking - Normally applied to a sail that requires no adjustment other than sheeting when boat is tacked

Seamanship - All the arts and skills of boat handling, ranging from maintenance and repairs to piloting, sail handling, marlinespike work, and rigging.

Sea Room - A safe distance from the shore or other hazards.

Seaworthy - A boat or a boat's gear able to meet the usual sea conditions.

Secure - To make fast.

Set - Direction toward which the current is flowing.

Sheer The line of the upper deck when viewed from the side. Normal sheer curves up towards the bow and stern,
Reverse sheer curves down towards the bow and stern. Compound sheer, curving up at the front of the boat and down at the stern, and straight sheer are uncommon.

Sheer Strake - The topmost planking in the sides, often thicker than other planking.

Sheets: -Lines used to control the position of a sail.

Shrouds Lateral supports for the mast, usually of wire or metal rod.

Ship - A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.

Shroud: - a line or wire running from the top of the mast to the spreaders, then attatching to the side of the vessel.

Skeg: For sailboats, usually refers to a structural support to which the rudder is fastened.

Slab Reefing - Also points reefing, and sometimes jiffy reefing. Reduces the area of the mainsail by partially lowering the sail and resecuring the new foot by tying
it to the boom with points, or light lines attached to the sail.

Slack - Not fastened; loose. Also, to loosen.

Sole - The floor of the cockpit or cabin.

Sounding - A measurement of the depth of water.

Spar - a pole or a beam.

Spar Poles - most often of wood, aluminum or carbon fiber, used as supports, such as the mast, boom, or spinnaker pole.

Spinnaker - A large, triangular sail, most often symmetrical, flown from the mast in front of all other sails and the forestay. Used sailing downwind.

Spirit - The spar that supports the peak of a spritsail.

Splashboard - A raised portion of the hull forward of the cockpit intended to prevent water entering.

Spreaders - Also crosstrees. Short horizontal struts extending from the mast to the sides of the boat, changing the upward angle of the shrouds.

Spring Line - A pivot line used in docking, undocking, or to prevent the boat from moving forward or astern while made fast to a dock.

Spritsail - A four-sided fore and aft sail set on the mast, and supported by a spar from the mast diagonally to the peak of the sail.

Standing rigging - Permanent rigging used to support the spars. May be adjusted during racing, in some classes.

Stay - a line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast (fore, back, running, and triadic stays).

Staysail - A sail that is set on a stay, and not on a yard or a mast.

Stem - the timber at the very front of the bow.

Strake - On wooden boats, a line of planking running from the bow to the stern along the hull.

Squall - A sudden, violent wind often accompanied by rain.

Square Knot - A knot used to join two lines of similar size. Also called a reef knot.

Standing Part - That part of a line which is made fast.The main part of a line as distinguished from the bight and the end.

Stand-On Vessel - That vessel which has right-of-way during a meeting, crossing, or overtaking situation.

Starboard - The right side of a boat when looking forward.

Stem - The most forward vertical structural member in the bow.

Stern - The after part of the boat.

Stern Line - A docking line leading from the stern.

Stow - To put an item in its proper place.

Strake: On wooden boats, a line of planking running from the bow to the stern along the hull.

Swamp - To fill with water, but not settle to the bottom.

Sweat And Tail - Sweat is the act of hauling a halyard to raise a sail or spar done by pulling all slack outward and then downward. Tail is controlling, coiling, and securing the runnning end of the halyard.

T

Tabernacle - A hinged mast step located on deck. Since it is hinged, the mast may be lowered easily.

Tack - On a triangular sail, the bottom forward corner. Also, to turn the bow of the boat through the wind so the wind exerts pressure on the opposite side of the
sail.

Taffrail - The rail at the stern of the boat.

Tang - A fitting, often of sheet metal, used to attach standing rigging to a spar, or to the hull.

Thwart - A transverse structural member in the cockpit. In small boats, often used as a seat.

Thwartships - At right angles to the centerline of the boat.

Tide - The periodic rise and fall of water level in the oceans.

Tiller - A bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder or an outboard motor.

Toe-rail - A low rail, often slotted, along the side of the boat. Slots allow drainage and the attachment of blocks.

Topmast - a second spar carried at the top of the fore or main mast, used to fly more sail.

Topping lift - A line or wire rope used to support the boom when a boat is anchored or moored.

Topsides - The sides of a vessel between the waterline and the deck; sometimes referring to onto or above the deck.

Trampoline - The fabric support that serves for searing between the hulls of a catamaran.

Transom - The flat, or sometimes curved terminating structure of the hull at the stern of a boat.

Trapeze - Wire gear enabling a crewmember to place all of his weight outboard of the hull, thus helping to keep the boat level.

Traveler - A fitting across the boat to which sheets are led. In many boats the traveler may be adjusted from side to side so that the angle of the sheets can be changed to suit conditions.

Trim - Fore and aft balance of a boat.

Twing - Similar to a Barber hauler, a twing adjusts the angle of sheeting.

U

Underway - Vessel in motion, not moored or aground

V

Vang - A device, usually with mechanical advantage, used to pull the boom down, flattening the sail.

Ventilator - Construction designed to lead air below decks. May have a cowl, which can be angled into or away from the wind; and may be constructed with baffles, so that water is not allowed below, as in Dorade ventilator.

V bottom - A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".

W

Wake - Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.

Warp - Heavier lines (rope or wire) used for mooring, anchoring and towing. May also be used to indicate moving (warping) a boat into position by pulling on a warp.

Waterline - A line painted on a hull which shows the point to which a boat sinks when it is properly trimmed (see BOOT TOP).

Way - Movement of a vessel through the water such as headway, sternway or leeway.

Wheel - device used for steering a boat.

Widow-maker - a term for the bowsprit (many sailors lost their lives falling off the bowsprit while tending sails).

Whisker Pole - A short spar, normally kept stowed, which may be used to push the clew of a jib away from the boat when the boat is running downwind.

Window - A transparent portion of a jib or mainsail.

Windward - Toward the direction from which the wind is coming.

Wishbone - A boom composed of two separate curved pieces, one on either side of the sail. With this rig, sails are usually self tending and loose-footed.

Y

Yacht - A pleasure vessel, a pleasure boat; in American usage the idea of size and luxury is conveyed, either sail or power.

Yankee - a fore-sail flying above and forward of the jib, usually seen on bowsprit vessels.

Yaw - To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.

Yawl - Boat: smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not under sail. Rig: two masts, aft one is smaller (shorter) and located astern of rudder post.