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abaft aft rigged aft sail aft schooner aloft amidships barge barque barquentine beam block boats boom bowline bowsprit brail brig brigantine bumkin called carried century clew craft cutter deck dghaisa dipping lug fishing fitted foot fore and aft foremast foresail forestay forward furled gaff mainsail gaffsail galley gear Gozo gunwale Harbour headsail hoisted hull jibboom keel ketch lateen sail leech luff lugger lugsails mainmast mainsail masthead Mediterranean mizen mizen-mast nearly ordinary outhaul peak halyard polacca port raking reef rope rove rudder running Salonika sambuk schooner seen sheave sheet short shrouds side sloop sometimes spar sprit spritsail square canvas square rigged square sail square-rigged standing lug starboard stay staysail steamers stem stern studdingsail tack tackle three-masted timber told topgallant sail topmast head topsail yard transom trawler trysail upper usually vangs vessels wind windward word yachts yardarm