Tag Archives: Bit-by-Bit

Map of the World

January 19, 2008 – 5:16 pm

Please note: The text labels of this map contain spoilers which might tell you more about the story than you’d like to know. I suggest you glance at it without reading the labels to get an idea of the routes, and then read the labels when you have read the book. The following map shows [...]

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Heave-to

January 15, 2008 – 7:32 pm

Heave-to. To stop a boat in the water and to ‘hover’ in this position.

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Boom

January 15, 2008 – 4:51 pm

Booms on modern sailboats run horizontally from the mast aft. On an old ship, the boom was a spar which extended the foot of the sail.

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Mast

January 14, 2008 – 7:56 pm

Masts are the tall sticks of a sailboat which support the sails.

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Bit-by-Bit, Port Side

January 11, 2008 – 4:57 pm

Bit-by-Bit – a Catana 47 catamaran.

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