Sing OutSea Terms
To cry out loudly.
Sing Out to Slack
Page 232 of Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia · 31 entries
Single-bankedSea Terms
(See Banked.)
Single BlockSea Terms
A block containing but one sheave.
Single Diamond KnotSea Terms
An ornamental knot worked with the strands of a rope and used on man-ropes, etc. (See engraving.)
Single StickerSea Terms
A sloop or cutter.
Single Topgallant-sailSea Terms
(See Topgallant-sail.)
Single TopsailSea Terms
(See Topsail.)
Single Up the LinesSea Terms
An order to the mate to get in the double parts of the mooring lines and allow only one part of each fast to connect the vessel with the dock or with some other vessel. This is done preparatory to pulling out in the stream or changing the berth.
Sink the LandSea Terms
To sail away from the land until it sinks below the horizon.
SirenSea Terms
An instrument for emitting an exceedingly shrill sound; used during fogs and in thick weather as a warning to mariners. It is blown by pumping air through it with a bellows.
Sister BlockSea Terms
A length of wood containing two sheaves, one over the other. The outside shell has a score between the two blocks for a seizing.
Sister HooksSea Terms
(See Clip Hooks.)
Sister KeelsonSea Terms
Timbers placed on the sides of the main keelson and bolted through it. This is often done in vessels to strengthen or stiffen them, as the term is.
Sister ShipsSea Terms
Vessels built from the same model.
SkeetSea Terms
A long-handled scoop for drawing water from over the side.
SkegSea Terms
The after-part of the keel upon which the stern-post rests.
SkewSea Terms
A roughly made boat.
SkidsSea Terms
Lengths of timber used for sliding anything up and down, on the same principle that a barrel is slid from a truck to the ground on cart rungs.
SkiffSea Terms
A small rowboat.
SkinSea Terms
The inside of a vessel's plating or planking; that fold of canvas which is outside when the sail is furled.
SkipperSea Terms
The usual title for the master of a small vessel. Also a title for Holland shipmasters.
SkySea Terms
(See Weather Indications.)
Sky PilotSea Terms
A sailor's name for a parson. (See Holy Joe.)
SkylightSea Terms
The wooden frames or sashes (working on hinges) containing glass windows, and placed over openings in the deck in order to give light and air below.
SkysailSea Terms
The sail next above the royal. A three-skysail-yard ship carries fore, main and mizzen skysails.
Skysail MastSea Terms
(See Skysail Pole.)
Skysail PoleSea Terms
That part of the royal mast above the shoulder and terminating at the truck) from which the royal rigging leads.
Skysail YardSea Terms
The yard next above the royal yard.
SkyscraperSea Terms
When a skysail is triangular it takes the name of skyscraper.
SlablineSea Terms
A line used for hauling up the foot of a course.
SlackSea 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.