So, you have been thinking about buying a boat so that you can get to some of those coveted fishing spots you have been hearing about. There’s only one problem … every time you talk to a boat-owning friend or do any online research, you come across an array of boating terms that sound more like part of Captain Jack Sparrow’s dialogue in Pirates of the Caribbean than any basic boat parts or terms that you would actually understand.
How will you be able to captain a boat if you don’t know all of the weird boating lingo? Learn it! Take a boating basics course and then read the definitions for ten of the weirdest words right here.
- Athwart. When referring to direction, anything that is perpendicular to a boat’s centerline.
- Baggywrinkle. A soft covering for cables or other obstructions to reduce sail damage or chafing. There are many points in the rigging of sailing ships where the sails come into contact with the standing rigging. Unprotected sails can develop holes at the points of contact without baggywrinkle to provide a softer wearing surface for the sail.
- Burgee. Small flag that bears a recreational yacht or boating club’s symbol.
- Daggerboard. A keel-like device, most often used on sailboats, that is manually raised and lowered vertically without using a hinge.
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