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| Shanty | see Chanty. |
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| Sharp Up | Said of a square-rigged ship with her sails trimmed as close to the wind as possible. |
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| Sharpen Up | To come up more into the wind |
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| She | All boats are referred to as female. She is at anchor. Her sails are set. She is beautiful. |
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| Shear Pin | A safety device, used to fasten a propeller to its shaft; it breaks when the propeller hits a solid object, thus preventing further damage. |
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| Sheathing | A covering to protect the bottom of a boat. |
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| Sheave | The revolving wheel with grooved edge mounted in a block to guide the line or cable (pronounced shiv) |
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| Sheepshank | A knot used to temporarily shorten a line. |
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| Sheer | The straight or curved line of the deck line; curvature of the lines of a vessel toward the bow and stern. |
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| Sheer Plan | A vertical longitudinal center line section of a vessel. |
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| Sheer Strake | The topmost planking in the sides, next below the gunwale, often thicker than other planking. |
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| Sheet | Escota
A line that controls the angle of the sail in its relation to the wind; attached to the clew of a sail to adjust its trim (make the sail the proper shape to catch the wind). |
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| Sheet Bend | A hitch used to join two ropes. It can be used between lines of different diameters. |
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| Sheet In | Pull the sail in by pulling on the sheet. |
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| Sheet Out | Let the sail out by easing the sheet. |
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