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