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anchor angle ballast bearing beginner block blowing boat boom bottom buoy called carry cast centerboard CHAPTER chart clew close comes compass course cringle danger deck direction directly fall feet Figure flat foot forward gaff give halliard hand hard head heavy helm hitch hoisted hold jib sheet jibe keel keep knot known lead leech leeward lift light lower luff mainsail Marconi mast means mooring moving necessary never opposite paint pass peak placed port position possible proper pull push quarter racing reach reef roll rope rudder rule running sail sheet short shrouds side skipper slack slides small boat spinnaker splice starboard stay strand stretched sure swing tack throat tide tied tiller traveler trim turn usually wind windward