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| Bees of the Bowsprit | Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of a bowsprit through which are rove the foretopmast stays before they are brought in to the bows and secured. |
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| Before the Mast | Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast. |
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| Before the Wind | Sailing with the wind from astern, in the same direction toward which the wind is blowing |
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| Belay | (1) To make a line secure to a pin, cleat, bollard, bitt, etc. (2) Command to stop or cease action, e.g. "Belay the last order". |
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| Belaying Pin | Iron or wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured. |
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| Bell | Traditionally a ship's bell is made of brass and has her name engraved on it. It is used for striking the bells which mark the passage of time (see Bells) and is also used as a fog signal as an audible warning of a ship's position. |
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| Bell Buoy | A navigational buoy on which is mounted a bell with clappers hung inside a metal cage, which is rung by the motion of the sea. It serves as a warning of shoal waters. |
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| Bell Rope | A short piece of line spliced into the end of the clapper by which the bell is struck. Traditionally it is finished off with a double wall knot crowned in its end. |
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| Bells | The strokes on the ship's bell to mark the passage of time. The passage of time in each watch is marked by the bell every half-hour. Number of |
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| Below | Beneath the decks, i.e., inside a cabin or in a hold |
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| Bend | A type of knot used to connect a line to a spar or another line, a sail to a spar, or a line to a sail. Also the act of using such a knot. (2) To swing your body when pulling on an oar - "bend to your oars". |
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| Bend on Sails | To install the sails on the boom or the forestay. |
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| Beneaped | A situation where a vessel has gone aground at the top of the spring tides and has to wait for up to a fortnight (during which the neap tides occur) for the next tide high enough to float her off. Vessels beneaped at around the time of the equinoxes when the highest spring tides occur may have to wait up to 6 months to get off. |
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| Bent on a Splice | Sailor's term for being about to get married, a splice being used to join two ropes together. |
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| Bergy Bits | Pieces of ice, about the size of a small house, that have broken off a glacier. |
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