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| apparent wind | vent apparent |
| asymmetric spinnaker | spi asymétrique |
| batten | latte |
| beam | poutre de bois, travers d'un navire |
| beam/width/breadth | largeur |
| bear away | abatir |
| boom | bôme |
| bow | étrave |
| brace/guy | attache, retenue |
| buoyancy | portance |
| cap shroud | galhauban |
| centreboard | dériveur |
| chine | bouchain |
| chord | |
| cleat | taquet |
| clew (of sail) | point de tire |
| crew | équipier |
| crew weight x distance from centre of buoyancy = righting moment | poids d'équipage x couple de rappel = moment de redressement |
| Cunningham/downhaul | Cunningham |
| dagger board | dérive sabre |
| drag | trainer |
| flexible topmast | tête de mat flexible |
| flow | écoulement |
| foam sandwitch | sandwitch mousse |
| foot (of sail) | bordure |
| deck | pont |
| foredeck | pont avant |
| forestay | étai |
| freeboard | franc-bord |
| fullness/camber | creux |
| Genoa | génois |
| gooseneck | col de cygne |
| gunwale | plat-bord |
| halyard | drisse |
| head (of sail) | têtière |
| heave to/hove to | hisser/planer |
| helm/tiller | barre |
| hiking | rappel |
| hounds (point of attachment of spreaders? shrouds?) | |
| hull | coque |
| jib | foc |
| keel | quille |
| leech (of sail) | chute |
| lift | faseyer |
| loose footed | bordure libre |
| luff (of sail) | bord d'attaque |
| mainsail | grand-voile |
| mast | mât |
| mast bend | ceintrage |
| mast foot (base) | pied du mât |
| mast gate | |
| mast step | emplanture |
| outhaul | bout-dehors |
| outrigger(s)/hiking rack(s)/wing(s) | aile(s) |
| overall length (LOA) | longueur Coque |
| submarining | enfournement |
| pointing (angle) | cap |
| port | bâbord |
| pre-bend | précintrage |
| primary shroud | bas hauban |
| race | manche |
| rake | quête |
| reaching/crosswind(close reach, broad reach) | au portant (petit-largue, grand-largue) |
| real wind | vent réel |
| rig | gréement |
| rig tension | tension du gréement |
| rudder | safran |
| running/downwind | vent arrière |
| Sail Carrying Power (SCP) = righting moment /leverage (distance between the centre of effort of the sail plan and the centre of lateral resistance of the centre board) | Sail Carrying Power = moment de redressement/bras de levier (distance entre le centre de poussée de la dérive et le centre de poussée de la voilure) |
| self tacker | autovireur |
| sheet | écoute |
| sheet in | border |
| sheet out | choquer |
| shroud(s) | hauban(s) |
| side bend | dévers |
| side deck | rebord |
| slot (flow) | écoulement |
| spinnaker chute | avaleur de spi |
| spinnaker pole | tangon |
| spreader(s) | barre(s) de flèches |
| spring rate | |
| starboard | tribord |
| stern | arrière? |
| stick | tiller extension |
| tack | amure |
| tack (of sail) | point d'amure |
| to capsize | chavirer |
| to go about/to tack | virer de bord |
| to gybe | empanner |
| to hoist | hisser |
| to luff | lofer |
| to pitch-pole/nose-dive | piquer du nez |
| to plane | planer |
| to retrieve/to lower/to drop | affaler |
| to windward/beating/close hauled/upwind | au prés |
| tuft/ribbon/telltale | penon |
| twist | vrillage? |
| vang/kicking strap | hale-bas |
| velocity made good (VMG) | |
| waterline length (LWL) | longueur à la flottaison |