Slack
Sea Terms
The opposite to taut. A vessel is said to be slack-in-stays when she goes around slowly in tacking. To slack off anything is to ease it up. Slack water refers to that state of the tide when it is stationary, just before it turns.
The opposite to taut. A vessel is said to be slack-in-stays when she goes around slowly in tacking. To slack off anything is to ease it up. Slack water refers to that state of the tide when it is stationary, just before it turns.