Fireball (dinghy), the Glossary

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1. 30 relations: Aluminium, Beaching (nautical), Bermuda rig, Boat trailer, Centreboard, Chine (boating), Dinghy sailing, Draft (hull), Fiberglass, Fractional rig, Hiking (sailing), Homebuilt machines, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, List of sailing boat types, Monohull, One-design racing, Peter Milne (boat designer), Portsmouth Yardstick, Rudder, Sailboat, Sailing (sport), Sailor, Scow, Sloop, Spinnaker, Tiller, Transom (nautical), Trapeze (sailing), United Kingdom, World Sailing.

Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Beaching (nautical)

Beaching (or landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water.

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Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.

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Boat trailer

A boat trailer is designed to launch, retrieve, carry and sometimes store boats.

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Centreboard

A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a centreboard trunk (UK) or centerboard case (US).

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Chine (boating)

A chine in boat design is a sharp change in angle in the cross section of a hull.

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Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fractional rig

A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.

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Hiking (sailing)

In sailing, hiking (stacking or stacking out in New Zealand; leaning out or sitting out in United Kingdom) is the action of moving the crew's body weight as far to windward (upwind) as possible, in order to decrease the extent the boat heels (leans away from the wind).

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Homebuilt machines

Homebuilt machines are machines built outside of specialised workshops or factories.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.

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List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

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Monohull

right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.

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One-design racing

One-design racing is a racing method which may be adopted in sports using complex equipment, whereby all vehicles have identical or very similar designs or models, avoiding the need for a handicap system.

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Peter Milne (boat designer)

Peter Antony Milne (20 September 1934 – 23 May 2008) was a British boat designer.

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Portsmouth Yardstick

The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing.

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sailing (sport)

The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.

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Sailor

A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.

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Scow

A scow is a smaller type of barge.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind).

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Tiller

A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle.

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Transom (nautical)

In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel.

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Trapeze (sailing)

In sailing, the trapeze is a wire that comes from a point high on the mast, usually where the shrouds are fixed, to a hook on the crew member's harness at approximately waist level.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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World Sailing

World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireball_(dinghy)

Also known as Fireball (class), Fireball (sailboat), Fireball dinghy.