Grand weather

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Across
  1. 5. air drag on propeller
  2. 6. line which drags a headsail down from tack
  3. 9. trysail hoisted on separate '-----'
  4. 12. sea anchor designed to act as a decelerant
  5. 13. (4,5) leading edge of cold air mass which slides under a warm air mass
  6. 14. moveable inner wire for storm jib
  7. 16. sustained wind speed of 34 knots, on the Beaufort Scale
  8. 18. lying '-----', when all canvas off
  9. 20. sustained wind speed of 48 knots, on the Beaufort Scale
  10. 22. 'to tow', in French
  11. 24. hitch useful to restrain boom
  12. 25. smaller anchor, usually for stern
  13. 29. line tied into a liferaft pack
  14. 30. wind blows this way from cloud base in squall
  15. 32. direction which squalls travel along cold front in relation to low pressure centre
  16. 34. (6,2) to stop by backing headsail
  17. 35. gybe when boom drops downward
Down
  1. 1. the thing on a yacht most likely to seriously injure a sailor
  2. 2. kind of lever to tension wire rig
  3. 3. red flare fired in pairs
  4. 4. when running propeller clears water
  5. 7. heavy staysail, a French word. Aussies call 'trink'
  6. 8. heavy duty mainsail flown without boom
  7. 10. carry one on your person, another for the boat
  8. 11. most drowning fatalities were not wearing one of these
  9. 13. (4,4) to throw a cabled anchor to windward from the bow,to help tack
  10. 15. line which drags a mainsail down from tack
  11. 17. opposite of veer, wind changing anti-clockwise
  12. 19. (3,5) stretch of coast to avoid esp. in heavy sea
  13. 21. 'storm jib', in French
  14. 23. '-------' off, sailing downwind at same speed as waves
  15. 26. RNLI will attach a towline around this
  16. 27. kicking strap
  17. 28. line which drags a sail down from head along luff
  18. 31. open water between vessel and wave-generating force
  19. 33. colder air is more '-----' than warmer air, hence more powerful