A Routes - is a planned course of travel defined by a series of landmarks.
Bare poles - with all sails down.
Bearing - the compass direction from your position to a destination.
Beat - to sail to windward.
By the lee - on a run, having the wind coming slightly from the side on which the sails are trimmed.
Cast off - to let go of a line when leaving the dock or mooring; to ease sheets.
Closehauled - sailing to windward steering to the sails rather than on a free course.
Close-hauled - the most windward point of sail, on which the wind is at about 45 degrees.
Course - the direction on degrees from the start landmark of a course line to its destination.
Fetch - a windward course by which a craft can make her destination with out having to tack.
Fetching - a boat is fetching a mark when she is in a position to pass to windward of it and leave it on the required side with out changing tack.
Free - sailing on any point of sail except close-hauled.
Full-and-by - sailing as close to the wind as possible with all sails full.
Groove - The happy medium of best angle to the wind is often referred to as the "grove".
Head to wind - with the bow headed into the wind and the sails luffing.
Heading - the direction in which the GPS is moving, track or ground course.
Luff - the forward vertical edge of a sail; to alter course toward the wind until the boat is head to wind, the flapping of a sail caused by the boat being head to wind.
Off the wind - sailing downwind or before the wind.
On the wind - sailing close-hauled.
Pay off - to turn the bow away from the wind.
Pinch - to sail so close to the wind as to allow the sails to luff.
Proper course - a course a bout would sail to finish as soon as possible in the absence of the other boats…
Set - the direction of the leeway of a vessel or of tide or current.
Track - the actual path traveled, may differ from the planned course.
Trim - to adjust the sails.
Veer - a change of direction as in the wind.
Berth - причал, якорная стоянка, место…
Footer - полнее гоночного бейдевинда.
Leeway - дрейф, отставание, относительная свобода действий.
Make leeway - дрейфовать.
One legged beat - лавировка (выход) одним галсом.
Pincher - выше гоночного бейдевинда.
Set - двигаться в известном направлении, пеленговать.
Used literature:
1. «SAILING FUNDAMENTALS» BY GARY JOBSON - 1987 г.
2. «MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP» TOM CUNLIFFE - 2007 г.
3. «Understanding the racing Rules of Sailing» Dave Perry through - 2012 г.
4. «Тактика парусных гонок» Билл Гладстоун - 2007 г.