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| Luffing | To luff or luff up is to head into the wind, causing sails to flutter. |
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| Lug or Lugsail | A four sided sail bent onto a yard. Similar to a gaff sail, but with a wider throat. |
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| Lugger | A sailing vessel rigged with lugsails. |
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| Lugs | Metal or plastic pieces attached to a sail's luff that slide in a mast track to allow easy hoisting of the sail. |
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| Lumper | Man employed in unloading ships in harbour, or in taking a ship from one port to another. Paid "lump" sum for services. |
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| Lurch | Sudden and long roll of a ship in a seaway. |
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| Lying Ahull | A boat that is letting herself be subjected to prevailing conditions without the use of sails or other devices. Lying ahull is usually not preferred to other actions because a boat may tend to lie with her beam to the waves and the wind parallel to the waves. This can cause a boat to roll excessively and even become knocked down. |
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| Lying To | Said of a vessel when stopped and lying near the wind in heavy weather. See Heave To |
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