Quotes about sailors. Quotes about the sea. The most common pirate expressions

This section contains beautiful short quotes about the sea. The sea leaves a rare person indifferent, and even more so when there is vacation, sun and sea water. A person at the sea feels one with nature, and therefore, once he has been by the sea, the sea constantly calls. A boat trip enchants and while admiring the sea you understand that this is happiness.

If you look closely, you can see that the sea is blue differently every day. Maria Parr.

If you want to learn something about the sea, you must be at the sea, otherwise it is impossible.

Living by the sea, people become wise. They are not locked in the mountains and are not tied to a monotonous plain. The sea has plenty of space for the eyes. This probably helps people think freely. Patrick Rothfuss.

Life is a surf, so be like the sea. Edward Gibbon

Life by the sea. This is the best thing - to hear its noise day and night, to inhale its smell, to walk along the shore and look beyond the horizon, where the earth is rounded... Jojo Moyes. Villa Arcadia

The smell of the sea is something a sailor cannot forget. This is the best and cleanest smell. The smell of the sea and the sounds of the sea always attract those who knew them and those who left them. Milt Dominy.

And no one knows what nightmares are hidden behind this smooth sea surface. Elchin Safarli.

For everything ultimately returns to the sea, to the cycle of the ocean, to the ever-flowing river of time, which has no beginning or end. Yulia Shilova.

Angelius Silesius

The sea, it washes away all the bad things that have managed to stick to land. Salt water first tears, then heals wounds. The waves rock you like a mother's hand - a cradle, and whisper... Whisper... Raymond Queneau

When there is no sea outside, there is always a sea inside... Dhobi Ghat. Mumbai Diary

Anyone can go to sea - some by plane, some by hand. Valery Filatov

When I look at the sea, it seems to me that its waves carry away my sadness. Jules Verne.

Summer rain always carries with it the smell of the sea. From the shore the sea is beautiful, from the sea the shore is beautiful. Alessandro Baricco. Sea-ocean It seems to me that more people come here for fresh air, of which there is so little. The sea air is completely different... It smells of people's dreams. Koji Suzuki. Dark Waters

The sea is also a prayer book; it testifies to God. Jean Paul Starter.

Its subtle variability delights people who have imagination and feel the poetry of the ocean.

The sea - it washes away melancholy and disappointment better than any medicine. Iris Murdoch.

The sea is eternal movement and love, eternal life. Annika Thor.

The sea is sensuality embodied. Ernest Hemingway. The Old Man and the Sea

The sea is a noisy beauty that calms... (Taguhi Semirjyan)

The sea is calling...You will understand this, the sea is nothing more than a constant call. No matter where, the sea will always be waiting for you.

The sea does not push away any river. A Lessandro Baricco. Sea ocean

The sea never gets old. Maria Parr. Waffle heart

The sea attracts our gaze, and the earth attracts our feet. Mark Levy.

The moon worries the sea like a woman. Maria Parr.

There is no better bath than the sea . Angelika Miropoltseva

The sea itself is a mystery. It is the space where the world of the living and the world of the dead come into contact with each other. Veniamin Kaverin. In front of the mirror

The craving for the sea helps grief. Valery Kazanzhants

A wise man fears three things: a storm at sea, a moonless night, and the wrath of a calm man. . Joseph Alexandrovich Brodsky

On our planet there are seas of lonely people, but there are no seas of lonely people. Konstantin Armov

It's a shame to live your life and never visit the Red Sea. Veselin Georgiev

I came from the sea with a sea of ​​impressions . Alexander Konopatsky

Speech is like the sea; if you squeeze out the water, its salt remains. Pavel Sharpp

The sun was happy because it was shining, the sea was happy because it reflected its jubilant light. Daniel Glatthauer.

Calm seas are not for everyone. Some perceive calm as inner peace, others as stagnation. Elizaveta Dvoretskaya.

Happiness is like the waves that caress the rocks, and we were looking for it in the city blocks. Dennis Lehane. Shutter Island

Only fish in the seas know the price of freedom. Maksim Gorky.

Don't you understand? The shell is the home of the sea. Thornton Wilder.

An intelligent person is like the sea - both have salt in them, and both are drawn to the horizon... (Sergey Fedin)

A man at sea is never alone. Mark Levy. Thief of Shadows

A drop falling into the sea becomes the sea. Angelius Silesius

There are three kinds of people: those who live by the sea; those who are drawn to the sea; and those who return from the sea. Tatiana Stepanova.

This is the Sea. Some people find themselves here. It subjugates others to itself. Agatha Christie

Comparing the world with the sea element, you will soon notice: first the tide comes in, then the tide goes out - the whole world is like a sea. Raymond Queneau.

True freedom—the only freedom possible, the true peace of God—begins five miles from the shore.

God gave the ocean to man for a happy life... Valery Kazanzhants

In life, everything repeats itself much more often than you might think. The sea is infinitely more diverse. Rachel Carson

Ultimately, all roads lead to the sea. Laura Beloivan. South Russian Ovcharovo

The wind and waves are always on the side of the more skilled navigator. Jonathan Trigell.

Time, like the sea, unties any knots. Christopher Paolini. Eragon

Even the tiredest river comes to the sea. Jojo Moyes. Villa Arcadia

Even the sea has shores, and only human greed has no shores! Banana Yoshimoto. Tsugumi

The selection includes short and beautiful marine quotes about the sea. The sea has always attracted people. The warm, gentle sun, the sounds of water beating against the sandy shore have a relaxing effect on the human body.

The service of a naval sailor is associated with a long separation from a person’s familiar and natural environment, from family and friends. A sailor has a unique way of life, the ship is his home, and he is a guest on the shore. For many months there is only sea around him. And it’s also good if it’s calm. Only people who are mentally strong and physically strong can emerge victorious in extreme conditions.

In the navy, everything is unusual - the uniform, games during short leisure hours, songs, and the language, sometimes understandable only to sailors. If you happen to find yourself among sailors and listen to their conversation, you can say with confidence that you will not understand everything you hear, although the conversation will be conducted in your native language.

The emergence of special maritime slang is associated with the specifics of ship service. Well, let's say, to poison means to tell incredible fables; to drop anchor - to settle somewhere firmly, to settle down for a long time; show the stern - avoid meeting someone, leave; to pass under the wind - to happily avoid danger, say, to avoid a meeting with a strict boss on the shore; take a direction - to notice something or someone, to pay especially close attention to something; to drift - to surrender oneself to the mercy of someone (something) and so on. A sailor will never say report or compass. In the navy, it is customary to change the emphasis, say report, compass. A sailor will never say midshipman, boatswain in the plural, as grammar would seem to dictate, he will say midshipman, boatswain. Sailors have their own designations for such concepts as, say, artilleryman and storekeeper: we say gunner and battalioner. A sailor will certainly call a ladder a gangway, a bench a canister, and a kitchen a galley. There are still quite a lot of ropes on ships, especially on training and sailing ships, but the word rope does not exist there, there is a cable, tackle, end or lashings. The word lashing is also used in the sense of fastening, tying various objects located on the ship. Before going to sea, all objects on the ship are lashed (fastened in a storm style) so that when they roll, they do not fall or move from place to place. When working on ships with cables or anchors, instead of the words tie, untie, throw, let go, they say grab the cable or end, give up the anchor or end, set the moorings. When it is necessary to close any opening, they say to batten it down (for example, a porthole).

Many have probably heard words such as rush, half-hearted, but not everyone, perhaps, knows that in the navy the first word means any work in which the entire crew takes part, and the second is a warning shout, beware.

Sailors on warships of any rank and class, including ship's boats, do not ride, but walk. They will never say: “We sailed on a submarine,” but certainly - we sailed on a submarine, or “The cruiser “Varyag” is going on a courtesy visit to Korea,” and not going to Korea. There are many more words and expressions that are important in maritime usage. Navy people also have favorite words that have truly a lot of meanings. One of these words (in terms of frequency of use and practical application) is the adjective pure and its derivatives. The anchor is clean - this is a report from the ship's forecastle when shooting from the anchor, meaning that there are no ropes, cables or foreign anchor chains caught on the legs of the raised anchor; cleanly behind the stern - this means that nothing prevents the ship from moving in reverse and it can be given; align more cleanly - this is the signal that requires you to straighten the formation of ships and maintain the specified intervals; outright - means leaving service in the reserve or retiring; to keep something clean means to have that item ready for use at any moment. Even this short list of derivatives from just one word gives an idea of ​​how specific the sailor’s language is, how many professionalisms there are in it. Many such expressions, which are in circulation in the official language of Russian military sailors, have a long history. Let's remember some of them.

Seven feet under the keel... All preparations for going to sea have been completed. The combat training alert was played. And so the ship moves away from the wall. Its commander from the bridge looks at the group of mourning officers standing on the pier, and from there comes the last parting word to the departing ship: “Tailwind, seven feet under the keel!”

What is his story?

It is known that already around 6000 BC. e. the sail was known in Egypt. For a long time it was extremely primitive. The ships had only one or two masts. Therefore, in the event of a headwind, such ships were forced to anchor, waiting until the wind became favorable again. This circumstance forced the ships to stay close to the coast and avoid the open sea. And naturally, they often ran aground or crashed on coastal rocks. Since the draft of ships of that time when fully loaded did not exceed two meters, experienced helmsmen tried to have at least seven feet (about two meters) under the keel so that even on a wave it could not hit the ground.

This must be where the good wishes came from: “Fair wind” and “Seven feet under the keel.”

However, there is another explanation for this custom. Let us remember that in Rus' since ancient times the number seven was especially revered. Let's look into the "Explanatory Dictionary" of the living Great Russian language by Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl - sailor, Russian writer, lexicographer and ethnographer. The number “seven” has a significant place in this dictionary. It turns out that dozens of Russian sayings and proverbs are in one way or another connected with this number: “Measure seven times, cut once,” “For seven miles to slurp jelly,” “When seven march, they will take Siberia!” They’re all such good fellows”, “It takes seven to chop, but there’s only one ax”, “Two plow, but seven stand and wave their arms”, “Do the work for seven, but listen to one”, “Before sending seven, you’ll have to visit it yourself”, “Seven spans in forehead”, “Seven Fridays a week” and so on. It is quite possible that the wish “Seven feet under the keel!” happened in Rus' due to a special affection for this number.

Always having seven feet under the keel while sailing means successfully leading your ship to its intended goal through the inevitable storms and pitching, dangerous shallows and reefs on a long journey. To wish this means to create a good mood for those setting out on a difficult journey, to instill in them confidence in the successful outcome of the voyage. Then any obstacles and trials will seem less scary and difficult to them.

Walk (follow) in the wake... What is this - a wake? This popular Dutch nautical term can be translated as: a stream of water left by the keel of a moving vessel. Let us recall that the keel is the main longitudinal bottom connection on the ship, running in its center plane, and the water is water. Consequently, to go in the wake means to stay in the stream of the ship in front, that is, to follow the same course that the leading ship is taking, following it.

Keep your nose to the wind... In the days of the sailing fleet, sailing the seas depended entirely on the weather, on the direction of the wind. Calm set in, calmness set in, and instantly the sails dropped and the ships froze. A nasty wind began to blow, and one had to think no longer about sailing, but about quickly anchoring and removing the sails, otherwise the ship could be thrown ashore.

To go to sea, all that was needed was a fair wind, filling the sails and directing the ship forward, that is, with its bow in the wind.

Red thread... Quite often, not only among sailors, you can hear the following phrases: “In the report, a red thread runs through the idea...”, “In the novel, a red thread can be traced...” and so on. Where is their source? In England there was a rule: all the tackle of the Royal Navy - from the thickest rope to the thinnest cable - should be made in such a way that a red thread passes through it, which cannot be pulled out except by unraveling the entire rope. Even by the smallest piece of rope it was then possible to determine that it belonged to the English crown, and the phrase “red thread” acquired the meaning of something main, leading, and most remarkable. In a figurative meaning, this phrase was first used by Goethe in 1809. This is how it lives now, when they want to emphasize or highlight something.

Yes!.. This naval exclamation expresses a lot in the shortest form: the sailor heard and understood that they were addressing him and what was required of him. It is distorted by Russian sailors in their own way of the English yes, that is, yes, sounding like yes.

The word eat has been instilled in the Russian fleet since its inception. Such a short and energetic response certainly followed any order received from the senior commander, with obligatory and precise repetition. For example, the ship’s commander or watch commander ordered the helmsman: “Keep it up!” Don’t go to the right!” He instantly replied: “Keep it up!” Don’t go to the right!” “Both watches up!” - the watch officer gave the order, and the watch foreman answered: “There are both watches up!” At the same time, he put the pipe to his lips and performed the melodious signal prescribed for this occasion, thereby transmitting the order to the watchman on the forecastle, who duplicated it into the living quarters.

The word is, having become one of the expressions of subordination in the navy, a form of manifestation of established relationships between superiors and subordinates, and continues to live today. The Navy's Naval Regulations say this: “If the commander gives an order, the serviceman answers: “Yes,” and carries out the received order.”

Midshipman... This word appeared in Russian in the Petrine era and was first registered in the Naval Charter of 1720. It is borrowed from the English language (midship - the middle of a ship, and man - a person), and literally means the middle rank of a ship. In the 18th century, this word was pronounced in our country as “midshipman”. For the first time in the Russian navy it was introduced as a non-commissioned officer rank in 1716, and from 1732 to 1917, excluding 1751-1758, the rank of midshipman was the first naval officer rank corresponding to a lieutenant in the army.

As a rank for senior naval officers, the rank of midshipman was introduced in November 1940. Since January 1972, military personnel with the rank of midshipman were allocated to a separate category of fleet personnel. It is assigned to naval personnel (as well as in the maritime units of the border troops to persons who have served their military service and remained voluntarily on ships and in naval units as specialists for a certain period).

Midshipmen are the closest assistants to officers, high-class specialists, and masters of military affairs.

All our fleets have special schools for training midshipmen. Sailors and petty officers with specialized secondary education who have served one year of military service and wish to continue serving in the Navy take entrance exams to enroll in the school and upon completion of training receive a technician diploma in the relevant specialty.

If a serviceman wishes to continue serving in the navy in his specialty with the rank of midshipman after serving two years of military service, he is sent to midshipman school without entrance exams. Studies in such schools begin three months before the end of the term of military service. The school of midshipmen accepts military sailors not only from among the conscripts, but also those liable for military service who have served on ships and in naval units for the required period and are in the reserve.

Since January 1981, the ranks of senior midshipman and senior warrant officer were introduced in the Armed Forces of the USSR. They can be awarded to midshipmen (warrant officers) who have served in this rank for five or more years with excellent certification and if they hold the position of senior midshipman (senior warrant officer) or junior officer.

Admiral... This is the military rank of the highest officer in many navies. This word comes from the Arabic amir al bahr - ruler (lord) of the sea. In Europe, as the concept of naval commander, it came into use in the 12th century, first in Spain, and then in other countries (in Sicily, for example, in 1142, in England - in 1216). In the Middle Ages, the admiral had almost unlimited power. He actually created the fleet and chose the types of ships to man it. He was also the highest legal authority for the fleet and carried out justice and reprisals in accordance with ancient maritime customs. At the end of the 13th century, the rank of Schoutbenacht (Gol. schout bij nucht - looking at the night or observing at night) appeared in Holland - this was the first admiral rank corresponding to the rank of rear admiral. Captain-Commander Pyotr Mikhailov (Peter I) received the rank of ship's chautbenacht for the Poltava victory. Somewhat later, the rank of vice admiral (translated as deputy admiral) appeared. We already know that Peter I established four admiral ranks (ranks): admiral general, admiral, vice admiral and rear admiral (schoutbenacht). The rank of admiral general was assigned to the chief commander of the fleet and the Naval Department, that is, the person who stood at the head of the entire Russian fleet. The admiral, but according to the regulations of the sailing fleet, commanded the corps de battalion (the main forces); the vice admiral, as deputy admiral, commanded the vanguard, and, finally, the rear admiral commanded the rearguard.

The first in Russia to receive the admiral rank was one of Peter I's closest associates in naval leadership, a native of Denmark, Cornelius Ivanovich Kruys. In 1698 he left the Dutch fleet and was accepted into Russian service. In 1699 he was awarded the rank of vice admiral.

The first “red” admiral was M.V. Ivanov. All-Russian Congress of the Navy on November 21, 1917, at which V.I. Lenin gave a big speech and made an unusual decision: to award captain 1st rank Modest Vasilyevich Ivanov the title of rear admiral for “devotion to the people and the revolution, as a true fighter and defender of the rights of the oppressed class.”

When people talk about admiral ranks, the question often arises: why is the first of them called rear admiral? After all, the prefix counter, which has long become familiar in our language, literally means against. Hence the words that are familiar and understandable to everyone: counterattack, that is, an attack in response to an enemy attack, counterintelligence - fighting against enemy intelligence. At the beginning of this century, the navy had counter-destroyers - large carriers of torpedo weapons, specially adapted for the destruction of conventional ships of this class. And the rear admiral?

In the 18th century, the main battle formation of battleships that decided the fate of the battle was the wake column. But large formations - squadrons, fleets - sometimes stretched over quite a considerable distance, and it was very difficult for the admiral who commanded them to monitor them and control combat operations. It was especially difficult when the squadron found itself in fog or sailed at night. And practice forced naval commanders to assign an assistant to the last ship in the column, capable of quickly understanding the situation and, if necessary, taking the fight to the enemy. Such a commander had to have power, as well as seniority in rank compared to the commanders of battleships. Therefore, as already mentioned, in the Dutch fleet the admiral position of schoutbenacht appeared - observing at night, in the English - riar admiral - “rear admiral”, and in all other fleets of the world - simply rear admiral, that is, the commander located at the end wake column.

Centuries have passed, but the admiral ranks introduced by Peter I in the Russian navy still exist today.

A brief dictionary of marine terms and expressions

Buck - on sailing ships from which this name has been preserved, the entire space of the upper deck from the stem to the foremast.

Backstay - the course of a sailing ship in which its center plane makes an angle of more than 90° and less than 180° with the wind line.

Backstays - standing rigging rigging supporting spar trees on the sides.

Beidewind - the course of the ship at which its center plane makes an angle of less than 90° with the direction of the wind.

Gazebo, sometimes cradle - a seat made of a board attached to cables, or simply made of a cable connected with a double gazebo knot.

Mizzen mast - stern, the rearmost mast on ships with three masts or more.

Break the bottles - ring the ship's bell a certain number of times; each blow of the bottle corresponds to half an hour; The count starts from midnight, repeating every four hours (from one to eight bells).

Bom-bram-fal - rigging running rigging bom-bram-yard. The boom halyard is placed on the boom yard by lifting the boom yard.

Borg - the tackle on which the lower yard hangs. Usually the borg is chain, but it is also found on small ships with a cable.

Bram-halyard - gear of the running rigging of the top-yards, with the help of which the top-yards are raised and lowered. In addition, they are also used to raise the yards when setting the topsails.

Spread the yards - turn the yards with the braces in a horizontal direction, or, in other words, if the yard was straight, then turn it with the braces so that one of its legs is in front, the other goes back.

Bras - running rigging gear attached to the ends of the yards, with the help of which the yards are turned in the horizontal direction. The very turning of the yards is called throwing them.

Brig - a two-masted ship with a straight rig, but having a gaff on the mainsail.

Brigantine - a ship with two masts (foresail and mainsail). The foremast has a straight rig (yardarms), like a brig, and the mainmast has rigs, like a schooner.

Throw into the wind - speaking of a sailing vessel: to rise quickly to the line of the wind.

Bowline - tackle at the lower sails and topsails. They pull back the windward side luff of the sail so that it takes in more wind.

Bowsprit - a horizontal or slightly inclined wooden beam of circular cross-section projecting forward of the stem.

To be in the wind - be closer to where the wind is blowing.

Waterways - on wooden ships there is a wide, thick deck plank running along the sides.

whaleboat - a rowing and sailing boat with equally sharp contours of the bow and stern.

Verp - to pull, drag a sailing ship through the successive delivery of a verp (auxiliary anchor) in harbors and roadsteads.

Forward looking - a watchman on the forecastle, observing everything that is happening in the sea ahead along the ship's course.

Pick up the slack - tighten the tackle so that it does not sag.

Select end - pull in the end.

Dump - push, bring overboard, to the side. Dump the boat - lift it off the keel blocks and move the boat overboard on davits.

Vymbovka - a wooden lever used to rotate the spire manually.

Shot - a long spar, reinforced at the end outside the side against the foremast.

Nurse - select the anchor-chain of the given anchor and the anchor itself using a capstan or windlass.

Hookboard - the upper rounded part of the stern end of the ship.

Gals - ship's course relative to the wind. The tackle or tackle that holds the lower windward corner of the sail in place.

Gulfwind - the course of a sailing ship, at which its center plane makes an angle of 90° with the direction of the wind (almost 80-100°). They say about a ship going into the gulfwind - the ship is going at half wind.

Gitov - running rigging gear; serve for cleaning the sails; they pull the clew angles of the sail to the yard.

Gorden - tackle passing through a single-pulley fixed block.

Pride at the sail - running rigging tackle, with the help of which the lower luff of the sail is pulled to the yard.

Mainmast - the second from the bow, usually the tallest mast on two- and three-masted ships.

Inch - the former Russian measure of length equal to 25.4 mm.

Fill up, fill up - turn, remove shots, davits, booms, etc., carried overboard to the side or inside the ship.

Start up, start up - submit, found; for example, start the tackle and thread it into the block.

Come in - speaking of the wind, it becomes steeper.

Kabeltov - a measure of length equal to 0.1 nautical. miles, or 185.2 m.

Heel - a thread twisted from hemp fibers in the sun; Strands descend (curl) from the heels, and cables from the latter.

Cat-beam - a rotating beam that serves to raise the anchor from the hawse to the upper deck using cat hoists laid behind the anchor bracket.

Rolling into the wind - They talk about a sailing ship when it leans into the wind.

Ship's courses relative to the wind - the angle between the wind direction and the center line of the vessel; They are expressed, as a rule, in points and sometimes translated into degrees; they have names: opposite, close-hauled, halfwind, backstay and jibe.

Tack - to move on a sailing ship towards a target on alternating courses due to unfavorable wind direction.

Lag - a tool for determining the speed of a ship.

League - a measure of length equal to 3 nautical. miles.

Lin - a thin cable made from hemp of the highest quality.

Lotlin, lot - a device for measuring the depth of the sea.

nautical mile - maritime unit of length equal to 1852 m.

Find - tie by twisting a rope around two or more objects. The cable with this tying method is called lashings. To lash - to tie by placing lashes.

Lower sails - This is what is usually called the foresail and mainsail on ships with direct rigging.

Nok - this is the name given to the ends of all yards, the rear ends of the booms, the upper ends of the gaffs and the outer ends of the shots. In addition, the outer end of the bowsprit, jib and boom jib is called the nok.

Knock-benzel - benzel, which is used to fasten the sail to the end of the spar.

Sprinkle (throw away) - trim the sails close-hauled - turn the yards using the braces so that the sails are close-hauled. Trim the sails to the wind - turn the yards so that the sails occupy the most advantageous position relative to the wind.

Wrap the sails - lay the sails on the topmast, that is, place them so that the wind blows towards them, thereby pressing them against the topmasts. With this position of the sails, the sailing vessel will move in reverse.

To slander the tackle - put the cage on the tackle, i.e. wrap it with a thin line using a spatula or half-fly.

Stability - the ability of a ship to straighten, i.e., return to its original position, after tilting.

Perth - cable suspensions under the yards on which people stand when attaching the sails.

Tack - turning a ship sailing against the wind.

Turn through gybe - turning a sailing ship with the wind.

Leeward side - the side opposite to which the wind is blowing.

Bring, bring - keep it steeper towards the wind. To lead to the wind means to take a steeper turn, to rise, to have a course relative to the wind closer to a close-hauled direction.

Come down, come down - When sailing close-hauled, increase the angle between the course and the wind direction. Rolling into the wind means keeping fuller.

Spar - round wooden or steel tubular parts of a ship's rig, designed to carry sails. Spars include: masts, topmasts, yards, booms, gaffs, bowsprit, jib, etc.

Reef bow - a strip of canvas sewn onto a sail parallel to its luff to increase the strength of the sail in those places where the reef or leash is based.

Prowl - rush into the wind.

Yaw rate - the ability of a sailing ship to voluntarily deviate in one direction or another from the course.

Topmast - a spar that serves as a continuation of the mast and extends upward from it.

Supercargo - person responsible for the cargo.

Reckoning - determination of the ship's position without navigational and astronomical observations.

Tabanit - row in the opposite direction to reverse the boat.

Rigging - all the gear on a ship that serves to strengthen the spar and control it and the sails.

Running rigging - gear that is used for cleaning and setting sails, for raising and lowering the spar. The term “running rigging” refers to all moving gear, through which work related to traction, hauling, and pickling is performed.

Standing rigging - rigging that serves to support and strengthen the spar. Once wound, the standing rigging always remains motionless.

Top - the upper end of any vertical spar, such as a mast, topmast, etc.

Traverse - direction perpendicular to the centerline plane of the vessel.

Poison - loosen, release, increasing the length of any cable or chain.

Fall off - to veer into the wind, i.e., to direct the ship on a course that is more complete in relation to the wind.

Node - a measure of speed, more precisely, the number of segments equal to 1/120 of a mile covered by a ship in 1/2 minute (i.e. in 1/120 of an hour) or the number of nautical miles covered by a ship per hour. A speed of 10 knots is the same as going at 10 nautical miles per hour.

Nodes - serve for quick and reliable temporary connection of end to end or to any object.

Controllability - the ability of the ship to “obey” the rudder.

Fal - running rigging gear used for lifting movable yards, sails, stern flag, etc.

Bulwark - the continuation of the side above the open upper deck also serves as a fence that protects against falling overboard.

Foremast - the first mast from the bow on ships with two or more masts.

Fordewind - the course of a ship when the wind is blowing directly astern.

stem - the bow part of a ship's set, which is an upward continuation of the keel.

Foot - unit of length in English measures; equal to 12 inches, or 0.3 m.

Speed ​​- the ability of a ship to develop a certain speed depending on the strength of the wind (for sailing ships).

Skatorina - the edge of the sail, lined with lyctros.

Shkimushgar - tench made from hemp of inferior quality.

Sheet - running rigging tackle that stretches the lower corners of the sails.

Utah - part of the deck from the mizzen mast on multi-mast ships or from the main mast on two-masted sailing ships to the tailrail.