The lines that are adjusted to raise, lower and trim the sails are known as running rigging . To return a boat to its upright position. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing. A method of moving a boat with oars. The person rowing the boat faces backward, bringing the blade of the oars out of the water and toward the bow of the boat, then pulling the oars through the water toward the stern of the boat, moving the boat forward.
Some dinghies are rowboats.
The small mast next above the topgallant mast. A flat surface attached behind or underneath the stern , used to control the direction the boat is traveling. The post that the rudder is attached to. The wheel or tiller is connected to the rudder post. A point of sail where the boat has the wind coming from aft of the boat.