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    Glossary of nautical terms

    Take a turn, to

    Take a turn, to

    Taffrail

    Taffrail

    Tackle

    Tackle

    Tack, to

    Tack, to

    Tack

    Tack

    Tachometer

    Tachometer

    Tabling

    Tabling

    Tabernacle

    Tabernacle

    Tab

    Tab

    T – tango

    T - tango

    Syntactic foam

    Syntactic foam

    Swivel (or swivel link)

    Swivel (or swivel link)

    Swivel block

    Swivel block

    Swing the lead, to

    Swing the lead, to

    Swing a compass, to

    Swing a compass, to

    Swig, to

    Swig, to

    Swifter

    Swifter

    Swift, to

    Swift, to

    Swell

    Swell

    Sweep

    Sweep

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