Sheet

A line used to trim a sail — e.g. mainsheet, jib sheet, spinnaker sheet.

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Sole

The floor of a cockpit or cabin.

Secure

To tie down, lash, or make fast.

Starboard tack

Sailing with the wind coming over the starboard side; under COLREGs, a starboard-tack sail…

Stay

A piece of standing rigging supporting a mast in the fore-and-aft direction.

Stanchions

Vertical metal posts bolted to the deck edge that support the lifelines.

Sea breeze

A daytime onshore wind caused by the land heating faster than the sea, drawing cool air in…

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