Foul weather gear

Waterproof clothing — jacket, trousers (salopettes), sea boots — for sailing in wet or heavy conditions.

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Related F-terms

Full

A sail drawing properly, filled with wind and not luffing.

Fairway

The centre portion of a navigable channel.

Fouled

Tangled, jammed, or caught up.

Foot

The lower edge of a sail.

Fathom

A legacy unit of depth equal to six feet (1.8288 m).

Freeboard

The vertical distance from the waterline to the deck edge.

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