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Sailing Word	Definition
Mainsheet	The line that controls the trim of the mainsail.
Marlin Spike	A metal spike for prying knots apart.
Mast	A verical spar to which sails are attached.
Mizzen	The aftmost sail on a ketch or yawl.
Mizzenmast	The sftmost spar on a ketch or yawl
Monohull	A single hulled boat.
Neaps	Or neap tides--the tides with the least variation from high to low tide
OCS	Acronym for "On Course Side"; a boat who is over the line at the starting signal will be scored OCS.
One-Design Fleet	A group of boats with identical design and construction.
Overlap	Boats on the same tack are considered overlapped if they ore nither cler ahed or clear atern.
Padeye	A piece of harware on a boat for attaching lines or blocks.
Painter	The line used to tow the tender behind a yacht.
PFD	Acronym for Personal Flotatation Device; a lifevest or floatation jacket.
Pinch	Sailing to high and too slow into the wind: higher than close hulled.
Plane	A boat starts planing when she sails fast enough for the hull to lift out of the water and exceed normal (displacement) hullspeed: to skim across the surface of the water.