Rigging

Ready about

Skipper's command warning the crew to prepare for a tack.

Radar

A microwave ranging system that bounces a rotating pulse off targets and displays their be…

Rode

The whole line-and-chain assembly linking the anchor to the boat.

Reeve

To lead a line through a block, ring, or eye.

Reach

A point of sail with the wind forward of, abeam, or aft of the beam but not dead astern — …

Running rigging

All lines used to hoist, lower, and trim sails — halyards, sheets, reefing lines, outhaul,…