Cutter

Coil

To lay a rope down in neat, uniform loops for storage, or the stored loops themselves.

Cruising chute

A cruiser-friendly asymmetric downwind sail, simpler to handle than a conventional spinnak…

Clew

The aft lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail; on a mainsail it is tensioned by the outhaul,…

Course

The direction, expressed in degrees, in which the vessel is being steered.

Centerboard

A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leew…

Carbon fibre

A stiff, light composite material widely used for modern masts, booms, rudders, and hulls …