Sailstar glossary

Swedish	English	Description
Mojna	Abate	When the wind is decreasing.
Akter	Aft, stern	Aft seen in the boat direction. Stern is the boat aft end.
AIS	AIS	System for identification of yachts and vessels via VHF frequencies.
Ankare	Anchor	An anchor, with a weight, is used to anchor the boat either on sway, anchored from the bow, or in the stern when boat is docked to a dock or beach. There are many different types of anchors.
Bojankare	Anchor buoy	A small anchor used to mark the position of the anchor, and can be used for picking up the acnhor if it is stucked.
Anfallsvinkel	Angle of attack	Angle on the sails luff towards the wind.
Skenbar vind	Apparent Wind	Apparent wind is the result of the true wind and your speed wind. Shortened AW.
Skenbar vindriktning	Apparent Wind Angel	Shortened AWA.
Skenbar vindhastighet	Apparent Wind Speed	Shortened AWS.
Bränning	Awash	A reef or stone that is just in the leve l of the water.
Babystag	Baby stay	Baby stay is a shorter stay from the mast front side down to the fore deck. Used to prevent the mast to flex to much in waves.
Akterstag	Backstay	The stay that goes from the mast top to the stern of the boat. There are two kinds of backstays. One is the one that are attached in the top of the mast and going down to the stern, one or two on the boat. There are also the checkstays that are attached high up on the mast but not at the top and going down to a point on the side of the boat quite much aft, typical for some 1970's racers.
Akterstags-sträckare	Backstay tensioner	Some device that tightens the backstay. It can be a turnbuckle or a bridle with block and tackle, or an hydraulic tensioner.
Balansroder	Balance rudder	When the rudder blade has part of it in front of the rudder axis, the rudderstock. It makes the rudder more balanced.
Sugga	Barber hauler	A barber hauler is a line, potentially with a block in the end, that changes the direction of the line, usually for jib/genoa sheets or spinnaker/gennaker sheets.
Latta	Batten	A rod in the sails for giving support of the leech. Battens can be horizontal or vertical. Usually made of glassfibre.
Beacon	Beacon	A mark on shore or at the sea to assist navigation. It sends a signal on the radar.
Bredd	Beam	The width of the boat measured on the widest part.
Halvvind	Beam reach	Sailing with the wind 90 degrees from the direction.
Falla (av)	Bear off	Steer away from wind. Also Fall off, Head down
Bäring	Bearing	Bearing is the angle measured from North, measuring 0 -360 degrees. It can also be used as internal bearing measuring from the boat direction.
Kryssa	Beating	When you sailing towards the wind on close haul and tacks, sailing on different bows.
Beaufort	Beaufort	Beaufort scale is one scale for wind speed.
Hamnplats	Berth	A place for the boat at the dock.
Koj	Berth	A sleeping place onboard.
Kölsvin	Bilge	The space inside the boat towards the keel, the deepest (lowest) point of the boat inside the boat. If you have any leakage you should find the water here and that's why you place the bilge pump here.
Länspump	Bilge pump	Water pump placed in the bilge for drainage of water.
Bimini	Bimini	A kind of boat cover that are fitted in the part above the helmsman in the cockpit.
Rattpiedestal	Binnacle	The device where the steering wheel is placed.
Block	Block	A wheel with sides letting a rope turning around the wheel.
Kapell	Boat cover	A cover for the boat or for the cockpit or any other place a cover for the boat.
Båtshake	Boat hook	A stick with a hook on to pick up objects away from the boat, among them a mooring line.
Fartvind	Boat speed, Created Wind	The speed of wind that is created by the boat speed. Is used when calculating True Wind Speed from Apparent Wind speed and vice versa.
Replik	Bolt rope	Bolt rope is a main luff using a sewn in rope.
Bom	Boom	Boom is horizontally sticks in the rig. A main boom is going horizontal from the main mast and keeps the sheeting point, the clew, of the main sail. But also jibs can use booms.
Bomkapell	Boom cover	Boom cover is a cover for the mainsail when hauled.
Kick	Boom wang, kicker	A device, usually block and tackle, to hold the boom down. The block and tackle then goes from the mast step to a point on the boom under side. Use the kick to hold the boom down on the downwind and to trim the sail and mast upwind. Modern boom wangs on bigger boats uses rod kicks, wich also prevents the boom to fall down into cockpit.
Båtsmansstol	Bosun’s chair	A device looking like a chair with hooks for the halyard to pull someone up the mast. Usually with pockets for tools.
Bog	Bow	The direction the boat has towards or along the wind. A boat can sail close haul bow.
För, förut	Bow	Forward side of the boat.
Stäv	Bow	The forward part of the hull.
Bogspröt	Bow sprit	A bow sprit is a device pointing forward from the bow. It can be similar like a small dock but also a boom. It is used to haul gennakers, code 0 among others.
Pålstek	Bowline	A knot that creates a loop that isn't running.
Bris	Breeze	Light wind.
Hanfot	Bridle	A line triangle, or upside down V used for different purposes. i.e. for tension of backstays, or for main sheet points.
Broach	Broach	When under sail and suddenly the boat is not steerable because the rudder doesn't take any grip. The boat is then turning around to the wind very quickly. Might happen on any bow.
Stiltje	Calm	No wind.
Bedarra	Calm down	When the wind calms down, lowers.
Buk	Camber	The sails sewed round shape seen horizontally.
Kantra	Capsize	When the wind is changing side.
Kapsejsa	Capsize	Leaning so much that the boat turns down the water, like 90 degrees or more.
Kardinalmärken	Cardinal buoy	Buoys marking obstacles and reefs in the sea, but not direct connected to a waterway.
Bära av	Carry off	To avoid hitting something you carry off. In any way, with rudder, with fenders between the boat and object (other boat, dock), etc.
Kasta loss	Cast off	When you cast off from the mooring, finally!
Katamaran	Catamaran	A multihull sailboat with two hulls. Compare with monohull and trimaran.
Centerbord	Centreboard	A blade, foil, that keeps a dinghy on its course without drifting. A centre board haves the possibility to be folded up and down, preventing it from being destroyed if hitting bottom.
Röstjärn	Chainplate	Fitting for shrouds and stays.
Kartplotter	Chart plotter	The chart plotter uses a digital sea chart and GNSS locations from satellites that it plots on the sea charts.
Backstag	Checkstay, Runner	Checkstays are attached high up on the mast but not at the top and going down to a point on the side of the boat quite much aft, typical for some 1970's racers. A checkstay you need to release when tacking and gybing.
Skotråtta	Clam cleat, servo cleat	Clam cleat is used to grab a line and get it fast. A servo cleat has the same function but has moveable cleats and therefore usually easier to get it to grip.
Knipknap	Clamcleat	A cleat that has two sides that clams the line to get it positioned.
Knap	Cleat	There are many different cleats on a boat. A cleat is a device that can hold a line. One type of cleat is used for the mooring lines on a boat, some are used for trim lines.
Skothorn	Clew	The sails lower and aft corner is named Clew.
Bidevind	Close haul	Sailing towards the wind, typically at angle of 45 degrees to the true wind.
Brant slör	Close reach	Reaching in an angle between beam reach (90 degrees from wind) and to (almost) close haul.
Dubbelt halvslag	Clove hitch	A knot to connect your line to something. Used for mooring boats to a pile, ring, tree, etc.
Avlastare	Clutch	A clutch relieves a winch from halyards, sheets and trim ropes.
Ruff	Coach house	Coach house or deck house. The space under the upper part of the deck.
Sittbrunn	Cockpit	The part of the boat that is made for steering and usually also the trimming and sheeting. Usually aft part of the boat.
Code 0 (zero)	Code zero	A big foresail that is something in between a genoa and a gennaker. A code zero is hauled in front of the genoa, usually on a bow sprit and halyard in the top of the mast. It is often furled.
Kvajla	Coil	When you take your rope and creates loops of it, either in your hand or on deck.
Nedgångslucka	Companion way	The opening to the saloon.
Kompass	Compass	A compass displays the angle to the magnetic north. This is not really to the globe north becuase of misdirection and also deviation in the boat.
Snörplina	Cord	There are cords in the sails edges, along the foot and leech. Used to tighten the sail edges, but can give the sail a bad shape.
Kurs	Course	The angle sailed compared with North.
Öljett	Cringle	A metal ring in a sail.
Cunningham	Cunningham	A trim function with a cringle on the luff (along the mast edge of the sail), not far away from the tack from where you can pull the luff tension.
Ström	Current	Currents in the ocean is common and has many different sources. Some currents are always on the same place, some are made from tide and ebb and some are depending on high and low air pressure.
Centerbord	Daggerboard	A blade, foil, that keeps a dinghy on its course without drifting. A daggerboard is lifted and pushed vertically up and down, see centre board.
Bleke	Dead calm	No wind.
Durk	Deck	The floor in a boat.
Mast på däck	Deckstepped mast	When the mast step is on the deck of the boat and not going all the way to the keel or close to keel. Needs a support pole under deck.
Djup	Deep	The deep is the water depth.
Riktning	Direction	The direction of and from your boat. The boat sails in the direction 0.
Deplacement	Displacement	The weight of the boat but is is determined by the displaced water volume of the boat.
Dubbel skotstek	Double sheet bend	Knot to join two lines of separate dimensions. The double sheet bend is more safe then the sheet bend.
Nedhal	Downhaul	Used to adjust the tension of the luff by adjusting the tack. See cunningham.
Medvind	Downwind	Sailing along the wind. Can be run or reach.
Undanvind	Downwind	Sailing with the wind from the aft.
Bärga segel	Dowse sail	Bring the sails down, haul the sails.
Djup (på båt)	Draft	Draft is the length vertically from the boat waterline to its lowest point, usually the lowest part of the keel.
Avdrift	Drift, leeway	Drift or leeway is when the boat is drifting from its straightforward direction caused by the wind and/or current.
Ekolod	Echo sounder	An echo sounder measures the depth by sending sound signals, bouncing up the the receiver. The depth is calculated as the time for the signal to get back, divided by two times the speed of sound in water. A time of 40 ms is equivalent to a deep of approx 30 meters.
EPIRB	EPIRB	Emergency locator beacon, Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. It sends the location over radio when activated.
Halkip	Fairlead	A fitting that is used usually outside the cleats for the mooring and anchor ropes. The purpose is to limit the spread of the rope but also to protect the rail, especially for wooden boats.
Farled	Fairway, Waterway	The fairway of safe water, usually marked with marks where there are any reefs or obstacles.
Dejsa	Fall astern	Drifting with the wind, not sailing.
Falla (av)	Fall off	Steer away from wind. Also Head down, Bear off
Bredtopp	Fathead	When the sail has a very wide head (top of the sail), straight aft from the luff. Very modern!
Fender	Fender	The bumpers that are used on the boat's side and stern when docking. As importance for the sailors image, these are not to be outside the boat when sailing!
Fiolblock	Fiddle block	One larger and one smaller block in a serie.
Åtta	Figure of eight	Knot looking lika an eight and used in ends of all lines.
Beslag	Fitting	A fitting is something fitted on the boat or the rig. General name.
Bankappsegling	Fleet race	Sail racing on a track with usually outlaid marks. Many boats can race at the same time on a fleet race.
Jagare	Flying jib	A smaller jib in front of the jib.
Bärplan	Foils	Small wings that is used for boats to foil, to be lifted higher up from the water. Also centerboard and rudder blades are named foils, wings that lifts the boat sideways in the water.
Bomlik	Foot	The sails lower edge.
Underlik	Foot	The sails lower edge.
Förtriangel	Fore triangle	The triangle that is created by the forestay, mast and deck, seen from the side of the boat.
Fördäck	Foredeck	The deck on the bow. Usually rather flat and in its aft end starts either the cockpit or a deckhouse.
Förstag	Forestay, Headstay	The stay in the front of the boat, from the bow up to a point high up at the mast. If the forestay is going to the top of the mast the rig is called masthead. If not, the rig is called fraction rig.
Partialrigg	Fractional rig	When the fore stay upper fitting is not at the mast top but lower. The fraction rigs are called as 10/11, 3/4, 7/8 depending on how high the fitting is placed on the mast.
Fribord	Freeboard, top sides	Freeboard is the outer side of the boat, going from rail down to waterline. Also topsides.
Fullängdslatta	Full batten	Batten from luff to leech.
Fullattestorsegel	Full batten mainsail	Mainsail that uses full battens, from leech to luff. Gives a good power in the main, often used by multihull boats.
Rulla in	Furl	Furling sails are common and then furled by any furler.
Rullbom	Furling boom	Furling main boom. Furls the main on the boom, not so common but do exists on bigger yachts.
Rullfock	Furling jib	When the jib uses a furl to be furled around the forestay. Also furling genoa.
Rullstor	Furling main	Furling main becomes more and more popular especially for cruising sail yachts.
Hård kuling	Gale	Very hard wind
Kuling	Gale	Wind forces from approx 28 to 48 knots per hour. A lot with other words!
Gennaker	Gennaker	Asymmetrical spinnaker, so called ballon sail becuase of its shpae and usually colours. Hauled in front of the genoa and hoisted in top of the mast.
Gennakerpeke	Gennaker bow sprit	A pole or a fixed sprit forward of the boat used to haul the gennaker.
Genua	Genoa	Foresail where the foot goes beyond the mast, aft of the mast, compared to a jib.
Genuafall	Genoa halyard	The line that you hoist (and haul) the geona (or jib) with.
Genuaskot	Genoa sheet	The line that you control the angle of the genoa with.
Väjningsskyldig	Give way	Give way rules on the water.
Hals	Gooseneck	The fitting and place between the boom and the mast.
Plattläns	Gooseneck	Sailing on the run when you can use your foresail and main on different sides. Also called dead run, flat run.
GPS/GNSS	GPS/GNSS	Global Positioning System or Global Navigate Satellite Systems. System that uses a number of satellites to determine the location in latiyude and longitude.
Grabbräcke	Grab rail	A rail to hold on to. Can be on the deck, deck house but also inside the boat usually in the ceiling.
GRIB filer	GRIB files	GRIB files is weather information that can be inserted to a chart plotter showing the weather (winds) at different places and different times.
Mantåg	Guardrail	The wire "fence" around the boat, connected in the bow at the pulpit and in the stern at the pushpit and supported bu the stanchions along the side.
Skarndäck	Gunwale	The outer part of the deck towards the rail. At wooden boats there are a special pice of wood connecting to the rail.
By	Gust	A sudden push of the wind.
Gipp	Gybe	When you change side of your sails, especially the main boom, going downwind. i.e. changing the boom from port side to starboard side. The wind is coming in over the stern.
Fall	Halyard	The line to haul (elevate) the sail with.
Livsele	Harness	A harness for attachment of lifeline.
Lucka	Hatch	Hatches, openings in deck.
Hala	Haul	The werb you use when you take down your sails, and also take down flags etc.
Fallhorn	Head	The sails upper corner, used to tie your halyard.
Toalett	Head	The boat's toilet.
Falla (av)	Head down	Steer away from wind. Also Fall off, Bear off
Riktning	Heading	The direction the boat is sailing.
Försegel	Headsail, Foresail	The sail that is in front of the mast and set on the forestay. i.e. jib or genoa.
Dreja bi	Heaving to	When you sheet reefed sails on different sides, the jib towards one side and the main towards the other side. That makes the boat to sail very much on the same place.
Kränga	Heel	When the boat is leaning.
Rorsman	Helmsman	The helmsman is responsible for helming, steering the boat.
Burka	Hiking	Hiking, leaning out, from a dinghy to compensate for the wind and water forces.
Burkband, Hängband	Hiking strap	The strap that you keep your foots in (below) when hiking.
Hissa segel	Hoisting the sail, setting the sail	Bring up the sail
Skrov	Hull	The hull of the boat is the outer part of the boat, the topsides and the part in the water.
Orkan	Hurricane	Winds from approx 68 knots and above.
Initialstyv	Initial stiff	A yacht that needs some wind power to start leaning. Usually wider boats are more initial stiffer becuase of the hull shape.
Inre förstag	Inner forestay	An extra forestay aft of the forestay. Used for an extra foresail.
Beknip	Jam	When something, a halyard, sheet, trim rope is stucked.
Fock	Jib	A foresail that is limited in size so it doesn't overlaps the mast when pulled aft.
Fockbom	Jib boom, Jib club	A boom used for sheeting the jib that makes the jib self-sheeting. One brand is Hoyt boom.
Fockskotpunkt	Jib lead	The point where the jib sheet, or genoa sheet, is lead thru a block or ring. The sheeting point for the foresail is one of the easiest trim details for the jib. Modern variants use barber hauls for more precise sheeting point control.
Fiolstag	Jumper stay	A stay in the top of the mast with usually two small frontwards spreaders to prevent the mast top to bend. Can also be just one spreader forwards.
Köl	Keel	The keel is fitted to the boat bottom and prevents the boat to drift when sailing. The keel has also a weight that protects the boat to heel, working more effective the more heel it is.
Kölbåt	Keel boat	A sail yacht that uses a keel to prevent drift but also heeling. This makes it also the definition of a keelboat compared to a sailing dinghy.
Kölbult	Keel bolt	Keel bolts are bolts to attach the keel to the hull.
Genomgående mast	Keel stepped mast	Mast type, rigging type, where the mast goes thru the deck and down to the keel or close to keel.
Ketch	Ketch	Two masted sailboat with the smaller mast aft and this is placed forward of the rudder stock.
Knop	Knot	We use a knot to measure the boat and wind speed. One knot is 1852 meter per hour.
Knop	Knot, Hitch, Bend	You use knots to tie a rope.
Farledsmärken	Lateral buoys	Buoys marking the waterway
Lateralplan	Lateral plane	The boat underwater profile seen from the side. Used for calculations of the boat's water centre point and compared with sail - wind centre point.
Lazy bag	Lazy bag, Stack pack	A sail cover on the boom attached to the lazy jacks and covers the sail when hauled.
Lazy jacks	Lazy jacks	Lines from the lazybag going up the mast and used to keep the sail in the lazybag when hauled.
Akterlik	Leech	The aft edge of the sail.
Lä, lävart	Leeward	The side from the wind, "on the lee/leeward side of the sails"
Fallgirig	Leeward helm	When the boat is steering away from wind when letting the rudder go. This is not wanted.
Flytväst	Life jacket	Floating device in some kind of jacket.
Livbåt	Life raft	Life raft is an emergency inflatable boat packed in a bag or plastic box used in emergency and you need to leave your boat.
Livlina	Lifeline	A rope, or belt, that you use between you (life west) and to parts of your boat preventing you from going away from your boat if you are thrown overboard.
Lift	Lift	Line to hold the spinnaker boom (or other booms) up.
LÖA	LOA	Length Over All, the total length of the boat.
Avlastare	Locking cleat	See clutch
Logg	Log	A device to measure the boat speed.
Långskepps	Longitudinal	Along the boat.
Lösfotad	Loose footed	A mainsail where the foot isn't connected to the boom all the way, just at the clew.
Förlik	Luff	The sails forward edge. On a mainsail along the mast.
Mastlik	Luff	The forward side of the sail. From Tack to head.
Förliksinslag	Luff bubble	Bubble close to the luff in the sail that appears either when you steer pointing to high or have let the sheet to loose.
Inslag	Luff bubble	Bubble along the luff in the sail, you are pointing to high or have released the sheet too much.
Bukkompensator	Luff foam	Soft material sewn in a furling jib or furling genoa luff to compensate for the shape when reefing and then furling parts of the genoa.
LVL	LWL	Lengt Water Line, a length measured from the first point the bow hits the water to the aft point where the hull drops the water line.
Storfall	Main halyard	Tha line that hoists the main sail.
Storsegel	Main sail	The main sail is hoisted between the main mast and the boom.
Storskot	Mainsheet	Main sheet is used for adjusting the main boom angle.
Göra fast	Make fast	To secure a line to a cleat.
Mast	Mast	The mast, no further explanation needed. Made of wood, aluminium, glassfibre or carbon.
Mastkrage	Mast coat	When the mast is going thru the deck a mast coat is needed preventing leakage.
Mastfot	Mast step	The lowest part of the mast is mast step (mast butt, mast foot).
Masthead	Masthead	A rig where the forestay is going all the way to the top of the mast. Common on boats designed in the 1970's
Matchrace	Matchrace	A sail race where there are two boats competing each other. A very tactical kind of racing.
Midskepps	Midship	Mid ship of the boat.
Förtöja	Moor	To moor the boat, to tie it to something.
Förtöjning	Mooring	Mooring is any way to dock the boat to a dock, anchor swaying or anything else.
Negativ akterspegel	Negative transom	When the transom is sloping - the upper part of the transom is more forward than the lower part of the transom.
Havskryssare	Ocean cruiser	Ocean crusier, larger sailboat made for ocean voyages.
Bomuthal	Outhaul	Outhaul is used to adjust the clews tension from the leech.
Uthal	Outhaul	One sail trim function for the clew of the main sail.
Pina	Pinching	When you are pointing to high on a close haul.
Pistolhake	Piston hank	An easy and fast attchment of the foresail to the forestay.
Dyvika	Plug	A hole in the boat bottom in its lowest point used to drain water from the boats bottom or inner bottom. In dinghies the plug is in a lower part of the stern.
Lova (upp)	Point Up, Head Up	Sailing closer to wind. In comparison with bear off.
Höjdtagning	Pointing	Pointing high or low is discussed. Pointing high is going closer to the wind.
Polardiagram	Polar diagram	Also called VPP, Velocity Predict Program which is a theoretic diagram telling you how fast your boat should be in different winds, directions and different sail settings.
Babord	Port	The boat´s left side seen towards the bow. Port (and starboard) are not to be changed with left and right when sailing. You still sail left from the island, but you can have the island on your starboard side of your boat. Left and starboard is only used when it is referring to the boat.
Babords halsar, babords bog	Port tack	Sailing for port tack, or port bow, you have the wind in from port side (and then have the main boom on your starboard side).
Försträckt	Pre-stretched	Pre-streched rope is used a lot becuse it doesn't give that much tension. Very good for trim lines and halyards.
Preventer, preventer gaj	Preventer	A line or fitting that is attached to the boom to prevent the boom to fly over in an unwanted gybe.
Vindby, vindkast	Puff, Gust	Suddenly changes of the wind.
Pulpit	Pulpit	Fence-like device, usually in stainless steel, in the stern.
Akterpulpit	Pushpit	Pushpit is the aft "fence", usually in stainless steel. Pulpit is the similar fence in the bow. The name comes from when vessels has a part from where tugboats can either push or pull the vessel.
Pushpit	Pushpit	Fence-like device, usually in stainless steel, in the bow.
Radar	Radar	Radar is an electronic device that sees islands, masts and boats with the help of radar waves.
Reling	Rail	The rail is the edge between the deck and the hull, on top of your free board.
Mastlutning	Rake	The mast tilting to the aft is called rake.
Slör, slöra	Reach, reaching	Sailing with and towards the wind. Divides in close reach, beam reach and broad reach.
Rev	Reef	Reef is cringles along the leech and luff.
Revkrok	Reef hook	A hook placed at the gooseneck where you place your reefing points when reefing.
Råbandsknop	Reef knot	Reef knot is used to join two ropes of same size.
Sejsing	Reef point	Small strings to tie sail at the foot to the boom when reefed.
Revning	Reefing	Reefing is reducing the sails area to the wind. On the main you use the reef cringles and usually pull the forward cringle down to a reef hook or similar at the gooseneck between boom and mast. First let the halyard down. Then simultaeanosly pull the reef in the aft of your mainsail. Usually made from cockpit.
Rigg	Rig	Mast, boom, stay and shrouds. There are standing rig and running rig.
Heldragen rigg	Rod	When the stays and shrouds are made in one pice and not many twinned wires.
Kickstång	Rod kicker	A boom wang with a rod kick, hydraulic pressure, that keeps the boom up even without a sail.
Rullrev	Roller reef	When you reef the sail with the help of the furler but do not furl it all the way.
Roder	Rudder	Device to steer the boat. The rudder is divided in rudder blade, rudder stock (the axle), tiller and tiller extension, or steering wheel.
Roderblad	Rudder blade	The part of the rudder in the water.
Hjärtstock	Rudder stock, rudder post	The axle of the rudder.
Läns, länsa	Run, running	Sailing with the wind coming in from aft, over the stern.
Löpande rigg	Running rig	The parts of the righ that isn't fixed. Halyards, trim lines, lifts and downhauls.
Segel	Sail
Segelbuk	Sail camber	The sail camber makes the lift power of the sail.
Segelduk	Sail cloth	The sail cloth can be of a lot of different materials and weights. Dacron is the typically white cloth and Mylar, transparent, is often used.
Sjökort	Sea chart	Sea charts are used for sailing. Maps of the sea.
Sjövärdig	Sea worthy	Your boat has to be seaworthy for the waters you are sailing at.
Gast	Seaman, crew	A yacht worker, anyone onboard sailing but not the helmsman.
Sjömanskap	Seamanship	A good seamanship is important. Take care of you, your boat and your crew. But do also care about other sailors, boats and nature.
Självskotande vinsch	Selftailing winch	A winch with a track in upper part where the sheet, halyard or trim line is coiled with one loop. This makes the winch self-tailing and you don't have to pull in the other end.
Schackel	Shackle	U formed link, opened and closed by a bolt.
Skot	Sheet	The sheet is adjusting the angle of the sails relativel the boat.
Skotstek	Sheet bend	A knot used to join two ropes with different size.
Grunt vatten	Shoal	Area of shallow water
Gummilina	Shock cord	Rubber band for different purposes onboard.
Vantspridare	Shroud spreaders	See spreaders.
Vant	Shroud stay	Stay sideways from the mast and down.
Enlinerevning	Single line reefing	Reefing a sail by just using one line to pull. The reefing line will then pull both the clew and tack of the sail.
Skeppare	Skipper	The skipper has the responsibility for the boat, crew and guests.
Slacka	Slack	Ease the sheets.
Slup	Sloop	One-masted sailboat
Spalt	Slot	Slot between the foresail and mainsail.
Spira	Spar	Sailing downwind and you need to get your sails out, especially the genoa, you can use a spar.
Spinnaker	Spinnaker	"Balloon sail" used for downwind sailing. Usually the highest angle is approx 80 degrees to the wind and down to run, 180degrees.
Spinnakerbom	Spinnaker boom	Spinnaker boom is used for sheeting the spinnaker on the windward side.
Spinnakergaj	Spinnaker guy	The windward spinnaker sheet is called guy.
Spinnaker-strumpa	Spinnaker sock	A "sock" for a spinnaker (or gennaker) that is used to hoist or haul the sail. All package, sock and sail is hoisted. Then the sock is released upwards and the spinnaker fills in the wind. Makes it easier to hoist and haul the spinnaker.
Sprayhood	Sprayhood	A cover for the companion way.
Spridare	Spreader	A pole from the mast going to the shroud and stabilize the mast at that point. Usually on modern boats swept spreaders are used.
Mantågsstötta	Stanchion	The poles that holds the guardrail on the side of the boat.
Styrbord	Starboard	The boats right side seen from aft to bow.
Styrbords halsar	Starboard tack	When you sail for starboard, you have the wind coming in from starboard side.
Stag	Stay	The stay is wires or rods from the mast down to the boat. Stays are going forward to the bow and backward to the stern, in difference from the shrouds.
Ratt	Steering wheel	Wheel used for steering the boat.
Akterlina	Sternline	Sternline to an anchor or other rope going from stern and aft.
Stormfock	Storm jib	A very small jib used in heavy winds. A storm jib is usually red.
Hård bris	Strong breeze	Harder wind
Redd	Sway	Anchoring on the sway is when you anchor with one (or possibly two) anchors in the bow. Letting the boat turn around, swaying.
Bakåtsvepta spridare	Swept (backswept) spreaders	When the spreaders are swept to the aft and is not going out 90 degrees from the boats centreline.
Svirvel	Swivel	A swivel is used for blocks to let them rotate.
Halshorn	Tack	A sail lower and forward corner.
Slag	Tack	Tacking thru the wind. Going from sailing close haul for starboard bow to close haul for port bow and vice versa.
Talja	Tackle	A tackle, with blocks and rope, is used to increase the pull of the rope, like for the main sheet and the kicker.
Tell tales	Telltales	Strings in the sail. In the foresail close to the luff, in the mainsal in the leech. Tells you how your sheeting and steering is.
Initialvek	Tender	A yacht that leans already in light breezes. Usually also they stay more put in a slope when they are sailed and leaned. Usually narrow, roundshape (in section) boats that has low stiffness degree from hull.
Roderkult, rorkult	Tiller	Controls the steering of the rudder thru a rudder stock.
Roderkults-förlängare	Tiller extension	Extends the tiller when you need to sit more to the side at the boat.
Fotlist	Toe rail	A rail that is used for foot support in cockpits.
Dirk	Topping lift	A line from the mast top to the boom aft end. It prevents the boom to fall down into cockpit. Today most sailboats has a rodkick also preventing the boom to fall down into the cockpit.
Fribord	Topside	Topside is the outer side of the boat, going from rail down to waterline. Also freeboard.
Akterspegel	Transom	Transom is the aft part of the side of the boat. A negative transom has the slope of the upper part is more foreover than the lower part. Positive transom has the slope so the upper part towards the deck is more aft than the lower part of the transom, usually used on more classic yachts.
Storskotskena	Traveler	A rail that is used for the main sheet that crosses the boat for adjusting the main sheet angle.
Travare	Traveler	Traveler is used at the main luff to connect the sail to the mast. If you don't use bolt rope).
Trimaran	Trimaran	A boat with three hulls. Compare with monohull and catamaran.
Tripod	Tripod	A type of spreader that has is formed as a triangle and among others used to keep both the forestay and shrouds on spot. Used at multihulls.
Sann vind	True Wind	The speed of the blowing wind, shortening is TW.
Sann Vindvinkel	True Wind Angel	TWA used on the instrument.
Sann vindhastighet	True Wind Speed	TWS used on the instrument.
Vantskruvar	Turnbuckles	A fitting for adjusting the tension of stays and shrouds.
Dubbelt halvslag om egen part	Two half hitches	Two half hitches is a clove hitch but connected to itself. Used when tying to something bigger where it is hard to use the clove hitch.
Motvind	Up wind	Sailing up the wind, close haul but can also be close reach.
Vattenlinje	Water line	The waterline can be the painted waterline along the hull or the real waterline where the water really is along the hull.
Vinsch	Winch	A tool for pulling sheets and trimlines with a gear, giving you a lot of power.
Vindindikator	Wind indicator	Windindicator, usually in the top of the mast, displays the wind direction. It always shows the apparent wind angle. We usually use the trade mark name Windex.
Vindroder	Wind vane	A wind vane is a device mounted on the back of the boat and with help of the wind it will adjust the boat's wind direction towards current wind.
Windex	Windex	Wind indicator from the Swedish company Windex.
Ankarspel	Windlass	A windlass, usually electric, that pulls the anchor and anchor chain or rope. A windlass can be used both in the bow or in the stern.
Lovart	Windward	The side towards the wind.
Lovgirig	Windward helm	When the boat wants to turn to the windward side, pointing higher, when you release the rudder, then the boat is windward helm. This is, in smaller portions, wanted. It is a safety thing, if you drop the rudder the boat turns to wind and stays in Wind eye and it also good for the drift of the boat where the keel and rudder together creates a wing with lift.
Kryssmärke	Windward mark	When racing on a fleetracing you use a windwark mark for one of the roundings.
Rynka	Wrinkle	A wrinkle in the sail.
Yawl	Yawl	Two masted sailboat with the smaller mast aft and this is aft of the rudder stock.