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A boat rigged with a four-sided fore-and-aft sail with its upper edge supported by a spar or gaff which extends aft from the mast.
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A boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull, lifting the hull entirely out of the water at speed and allowing water resistance to be greatly reduced.
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A board or plate lowered through the hull of a dinghy on the centreline to resist leeway.
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A blue and white flag (the flag for the letter "P") hoisted at the foretrucks of ships about to sail. Formerly a white ship on a blue ground, but later a white square on a blue ground.
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A bearing relative to the direction of the ship: the clockwise angle between the ship's direction and an object. See also absolute bearing and bearing.
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A beam extending out from the hull used to support an anchor when raised in order to secure or 'fish' it.
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A bar pilot guides ships over the dangerous sandbars at the mouth of rivers and bays.
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