| Sailing terms beginning with R |
| Rake |
| Slope, particularly of a mast. |
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| Reach |
| Sail with the wind abeam, or almost so. |
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| Reef |
| Reduce the area of a sail. |
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| Rigging |
| The assembly of the boat. |
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| Roach |
| Area between the curved leech of a mailsail and a straight line between the head and the clew. |
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| Roller Reefing |
| Reefing by rolling some of the mailsail around the boom or the jib around the foresay. |
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| Rowlocks |
| Used as guides for oars. |
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| Rudder |
| The underwater, movable plate used for steering, and for providing resistance to sideways motion caused by waves
and wind. It is being controlled by the helmsman (helmsperson?) with a help of a tiller or a steering wheel.
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