Point

Painter

The line permanently attached to the bow of a dinghy or tender.

Pintle

The pin of a rudder fitting that drops into a gudgeon on the transom, allowing the rudder …

P.F.D.

Personal Flotation Device — a lifejacket, buoyancy aid, or similar wearable buoyancy.

Port tack

Sailing with the wind coming over the port side; under the COLREGs, a port-tack vessel nor…

Pulpit

A stainless-steel safety rail around the bow (or stern, where it is usually called a pushp…

Points of sail

The classification of a boat's course relative to the wind — close-hauled, close reach, be…