Ship Parts
Pirate Ship
- Rigging – The system of ropes, wires and chains used to support and operate the masts, sails, booms and yards of a ship.
- Mast – A large pole (spar) resin above the deck of a ship and supports sails and rigging.
- Foremast – The front mast on a ship or any other sailing vessel.
- Mainmast – The middle, primary mast on a ship or any other sailing vessel.
- Mizzenmast – The aftermost mast on a ship or any other sailing vessel.
- Sail - A large piece of material like cloth, set on mast and used to speed up sailing by being placed in the wind.
- Square sail – A rectangular sail attached on yard, hanging symmetrically across the mast.
- Fore-and-aft sail – A triangular sail set behind mast, attached to a gaff and boom, parallel with a keel.
- Lateen sail – A triangular sail, set on a long yard and sometimes supported with boom.
- Jib - A small fore-and-aft sail extending from the fore-topmast head to the jib-boom.
- Trysail - A small fore-and-aft sail used during the storm conditions and placed instead of the regular sail.
- Course sail - The largest and lowest square sail on a mast
- Spanker – A fore-and-aft sail on an aftermost mast, bent with a gaff and boom.
- Spar - A wooden or metal pole used for rigging such as mast, yard, gaff, boom, etc.
- Bowsprit – A pole which extends forward from the bow of a ship.
- Yardarm or Yard – A pole which horizontally crosses a mast.
- Gaff - A swinging pole used to extend the top of a fore-and-aft sail away from a mast and support it.
- Boom - A horizontal pole used to extend the foot of a fore-and-aft sail from a mast and support it.
- Stay - A heavy rope, cable or wire used as support for a mast or spar.
- Hull –A frame or body of any sailing vessel.
- Keel – The bottom of a hull, scratching from bow to stern.
- Rudder – A metal or wood plate mounted at the stern, used to maneuvers a ship.
- Bulkhead – A water-tight structure dividing a ship into compartments.
- Abaft or aft – A rear section of the ship.
- Bow - The front part of a ship.
- Deck – A horizontal platform covering a hull from one side of a ship to the other.
- Poop – An enclosed structure, a rear part of a deck.
- Stern – The aftermost part of a ship. A captain office and officers' quarters.
- Forecastle -The part of upper deck at fore end of ship; the forward part of a ship with living quarters.
- Main deck - The highest part of a deck in some vessels.
- Berth -The sleeping and living quarters below main deck or built-in bed on a ship.
- Orlop -The lowest deck on a ship, used for covering storage.
- Bilge –The bottom of a ship, the transition between the bottom and the sides.
- Scuppers – The openings, spreading along edges of a deck and allow water to drain off into the sea.
