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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. |
Related Terms |
FOOTROPE
An arrangement each yard on a square rigged sailing ship is equipped with for sailors to stand on while setting or stowing the sails |
MAIN SAIL
1) In all vessels is applied to the principal sail. 2) The lowest square sail set on the mainmast of a sailing ship. |
LEECH
The vertical edge of a square sail. |
LEACH
The after edge of a sail. |
LEE SHORE
A shore downwind of a ship. A ship which cannot sail well to windward risks being blown onto a lee shore and grounded. |
STUDDING SAIL
Also Stun' sail. Fair weather supplementary square sails, set by sailing ships at either side of each of the regular square sails. |
HARDEN
To trim sheets of a sail tighter to create a flatter sail. |
SAILING_BOOM
A spar attached to the foot of a fore-and-aft sail. |
BUNTLINE
A rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard |
MOON SAIL
The sail above the highest square sail yard of an extreme clipper, with the point uppermost. See raffee. |
