- tacking. See also back and fill.
abaft Toward the stern,
relative to some
object (e.g. "
abaft the ****pit").
abaft the beam ****her aft than the beam;...
- wind. It is
hoisted abaft (i.e.,
directly behind) the
mainmast (taking the
place of the much
larger mainsail) or, on a brig,
abaft the foremast. A trysail...
- two masts,
complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast
stepped immediately abaft (behind) the main mast. The word 'snow'
comes from 'snauw',
which is an...
- dead
ahead to two
points abaft the beam on the port side (left side) and a
white light that
shines from
astern to two
points abaft the beam on both sides...
- aboard, or topside.
Abaft (preposition): at or
toward the
stern of a ship, or
further back from a location, e.g. "the
mizzenmast is
abaft the mainmast". Aboard:...
-
Plans for a 31 ft
longboat drawn in 1801. The windl**** for
working an
anchor can be seen
drawn in red,
abaft the mast....
- hits 31 72 16 Apr 45 * USS
Pringle Destroyer Air attack,
kamikaze Val hit
abaft stack No. 1, explosion,
broke in half 65 110 16 Apr 45 USS
Bowers Destroyer...
- A tow made up of 25
empty barges (5
raked in front, 5
raked abaft, 15
boxed in center)
heads up the
Mississippi River as seen from the St.
Louis Arch...
-
masts but no foremast. A snow had a
foremast and a main mast
immediately abaft which a
small subsidiary mast was
fastened on
which the
spanker was set...
-
decapitated a
nearby sailor. "I have also
observed that the ship is very weak
abaft; the
transoms between the
lower and
middle decks work [bend] exceedingly...
