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Glossary of sailing terms

Does anyone have a URL link to a good wordlist and definitions for sailing terms. I would be very grateful for your help.

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Here's a starter:

http://www.jworld-sailing.com/glosp.htm

I just googled "sailing glossary" to get this one. Racing has it's own slang, which evolves as young hotshots cycle through racing programs.
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I googled too and found a whole bunch of stuff. Thanks for the link. Also quite a nice one.
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In the category of way too much information!

http://www.boat-links.com/linklists/...-19.html#words
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Sailing glossary

Here's another one...

http://www.sailboat-technology.com/g...y/glossary.php
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