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| Gadget | Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc. |
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| Gaff | (1) A spar that holds the upper side of a four sided gaff sail. (2) A pole with a sharp hook at the end used to get a fish on board. |
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| Gaff Rig | Any sailboat with a four-sided mainsail, defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast. |
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| Gaff Sail | A four sided sail used instead of a triangular main sail. Used on gaff rigged boats. |
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| Gaff Topsail | A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff. |
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| Gale | An unusually strong wind. In storm-warning terminology, a wind of 34 to 47 knots (39 to 54 miles per hour or 62-87 kilometers per hour). |
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| Galleon | A development of the carrack, with the high forecastle eliminated. |
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| Gallery | In larger sailing warships, the walk built out from the admiral's or captain's cabin and extending beyond the stern. Often decorated with carved and gilded work, they were also covered and enclosed with elaborate glass windows. |
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| Galley | (1) The kitchen area of a boat. (2) Very old fighting ship propelled by oars. |
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| Galley Pepper | Sailor's term for soot or ashes which sometimes fell into food while it was being cooked. |
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| Galley Slave | A prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars. |
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| Gallows Frame | A frame used to support the boom when the sail is down. |
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| Galvanizing | The process of coating one metal with another, ordinarily applied to the coating of iron or steel with zinc. The chief purpose of galvanizing is to prevent corrosion. |
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| Gammon Iron | Circular iron band used to hold a bowsprit on the stem of a sailing vessel. |
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| Gangplank | A board with cleats, forming a bridge reaching from a gangway of a vessel to the wharf. |
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