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| Wear | 1) To wear a boat is the operation of bringing a sailing vessel onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern, as opposed to tacking, where the wind is brought around the bow. 2) In respect to the flying of flags, a ship flies her national flag or ensign, but wears a personal flag. |
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| Weather | In the direction from which the wind blows, as in weather side of the ship, the side from which the wind is blowing; to windward. |
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| Weather Board | Windward side of a vessel. |
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| Weather Deck | A deck exposed to the wind and sea. |
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| Weather Helm | The natural tendency of a sailboat to come up into the wind. The helm must be held over to keep the boat from coming up |
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| Weather Proverbs | The ability of a seaman to foretell weather by the appearance of the sky, change of wind direction, etc. was handed down in the form of proverbs. Some well known are:
- Mackerel skies and mares' tails
Make tall ships carry short sails - Red sky at night, sailor's delight;
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. - Rainbow in the morning, sailors take warning,
Rainbow toward night, sailors' delight. - A backing wind says storms are nigh,
But a veering wind will clear the sky. - Seagull, seagull, sit on the sand,
It's never good weather when you're on the land. - When a halo rings the moon or sun,
The rain will come upon the run. - If wooly fleeces deck the heavenly way,
Be sure no rain will mar a summer's day. - With the rain before the wind,
Stays and topsails you must mind,
But with the wind before the rain,
Your topsails you may set again. - When boat horns sound hollow,
Rain will surely follow.
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| Weather Side | The windward side. |
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| Weathercock | (1) A weathercock is a weathervane, especially one in the form of a rooster. (2) As a verb, it means to have a tendency to veer in the direction of the wind. |
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| Weatherly | A sailing vessel is said to be weatherly when she can sail closer to the wind than the average, thus gaining an advantage when the destination is to windward. |
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| Weeping | When water oozes through the seams of a vessel's shell, or a steam boiler, etc., they are said to weep. |
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| Weigh | To haul up; as, weigh the anchor. |
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| Weigh Anchor | To raise anchor in preparation for departure. |
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| Well Deck | The two spaces on the main deck of an older type merchant ship, one between the forecastle and the midships housing which supports the bridge, and the other between this midships area and the poop deck. Most modern merchant vessels are now built with the bridge aft and an uninterrupted flush deck from the bridge to the bow of the ship. |
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| Well Found | Said of a vessel that is adequately fitted, stored, and furnished. |
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| West | One of the 4 cardinal compass points. West is at 270° on a compass card. |
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