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| Carrack | Old three-masted trading vessel which was square-rigged on the fore and main masts, and lateen rigged on the mizzen mast. Similar to the Caravel, but larger and more robust. |
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| Carrick Bend | A knot used to tie two lines together. |
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| Carriers | Owners or operators of vessels providing transportation to shippers. The term is also used to refer to the vessels. |
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| Carry On | To continue sailing under the same canvas despite the worsening of the wind. |
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| Cast Adrift | To abandon a ship at sea; to place people in a ship's boat or raft and leave them. |
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| Cast Off | To let go of a line; to leave a dock or a mooring; to untie or loose a rope or line. |
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| Castaway | A shipwrecked sailor as compared with one who has been marooned or deliberately put ashore. |
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| Cat's Skin | Light, warm wind on surface of sea. |
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| Cat-O'-Nine-Tails | Similar to a whip, an instrument of punishment where seamen were flogged on their bare backs. |
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| Catamaran | A multihull with two hulls separated by a deck or crossbeams from which a trampoline is suspended; abbreviated "cat." |
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| Catboat | A small boat with the mast stepped far forward, carrying a single sail |
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| Catching Up Rope | Light rope secured to a buoy to hold vessel while stronger moorings are attached. |
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| Catenary | The curve (sag) of a rope, cable or chain hung between two points such as the anchor rode or towing line; the deeper the curve, the more catenary. |
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| Catharpings | In square-rigged vessels, short lines at the lower end of the futtock shrouds used to bring in the shrouds tighter to give room to brace the yards at a sharper angle when sailing close hauled. |
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| Cathead | On older sailing ships, a heavy piece of curved timber projecting from the bow for the purpose of holding anchors in position for letting go or for securing them after weighing. |
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