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bearings location, to find where you are; , bearings are determained by the direction from one position to another using compass reference lines frames: the wooden ribs that form the shape of the hull gaff a free-swinging spar attatched to the top of the sail galley the kitchen of a ship halyards lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden poles (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place hatch an opening in the deck for entering below headsails any sail foreward of the foremast highliner the best of its type of fishing boat. Word originates from a time when the crew used to fish from the deck of a vessel. The best fisherman got the highest place on deck, up in the bow, so his line was the highest above the sea hold the space for cargo below the deck of the ship ( as in "fish hold") jettison to throw overboard jib a triangular foresail in front of the foremast jumbo the larger of the headsails keel the timber at the very bottom of the hull to which frames are attached knockabout a type of schooner without a bowsprit