Glossary of Thames Sailing Barge Terms
More Terms will be added and updated as the Restoration progresses
| Entry | The under water shape at the forward end of a vessel. A ship with a slim bow is said to have a fine entry. |
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| Fairlead | A means of diverting the run of a rope or mooring line to the most convenient direction for working and to minimise wear at the turn. |
| Garboard | The first plank on the outer hull next to the dead wood or keel into which it is rabbeted. It is always the most difficult area to seal in wooden vessels and is susceptible to leaking. |
| Gasket | A rope used to secure a sail when stowed, particularly the topsail. |
| Halyards (Halliards or Haulyards) | Ropes used to hoist or set the sails. |
| Hatchway | Opening in the deck where cargo was loaded. |
| Hogging | The tendancy for a vessel to droop at the bow and stern. |
| In Stays/Irons | Describes the situation when the barge is head to wind and unable to pay off on either tack. |
| Inner wales | Longitudinal planks of timber running from bow to stern and fastenened at each frame. The top edge of the wale forms a shelf for the deck beams or carlings. |
| Jackstay | The iron rod bolted clear of the main mast, to which the luff of the mainsail is shackled or laced. |
| Keelson | A baulk of timber or a steel girder fitted on top of the floors to form the backbone of the barge; it is through-bolted to the keel, with the ends scarphed to the deadwood at stem and stern. C |
| Lace | To attach a sail to a mast or boom by passing a rope through eyelet holes in the sail and round the spar, as the mizzen is attached to it's mast and boom, and the mainsail is sometimes attached to the jackstay. |
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