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| Contline | The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up. |
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| Contraband | Goods which have been prohibited from entering a belligerent state by the declaration of a blockade. |
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| Convoy | One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same destination under the protection of naval ships. |
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| Copper Sheathing | Thin sheets of copper applied to the hull of a wooden ship below the waterline to prevent the toredo worm eating the planks, and also to limit the growth of weed, barnacles or other marine life. |
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| Cordage | Any rope or line. |
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| Corinthian | A 19th century term for a yachtsman who sails his own yacht without the help of a professional skipper. |
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| Corsair | A private ship operating under license from a government against the merchant shipping of an enemy. |
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| Cotter Pin | A small double-pronged bendable pin used to secure a clevis pin or to keep turnbuckles from unwinding. |
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| Counter | The overhang of the stern aft of the stern post. At the stern of the boat, that portion of the hull emerging from below the water, and extending to the transom. |
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| Counter Current | That part of the water which is diverted from the main stream of a current and as a result flows in the opposite direction. |
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| Course | Rumbo
(1) The prescribed compass direction in which a vessel is being steered (2) The lowest yard on a mast (square-rigged vessels). (3) The large square sail that hangs from that yard (4) The sequence of marks rounded in a race |
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| Course Protractor | An instrument with a movable arm to plot a course on a chart |
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| Courtesy Flag | A smaller version of the flag of the country being visited. It is flown from the starboard spreader. |
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| Cove | (1) A small coastal inlet generally protected from the worst of the prevailing winds. (2) A thin, hollowed line cut along a yacht's sheer below deck level and traditionally gilded. |
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| Cover | In sailboat racing, to have a controlling position over competitors by staying between them and the next mark or buoy - a tactical maneuver in which the lead boat stays between the trailing boat and the wind or the next mark. |
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