Parts of a Raquero

Here we can see and learn all the parts of a sailboat. We then define the main elements in the handling of a sailboat such as the centerboard, the boom, the halyards, all the rigging and the main parts of the sail, the leech, the luff and the foot.

• Fin (Aleta): Side of the hull closer to the stern.

• Amantillos: The lines whose function is to hold the boom from the top of the mast when the sail is not hoisted.

• Aboard (Amura): Side of the hull closest to the bow.

• Port (Babor): Left side of the hull as seen from stern to bow.

• Leech (Baluma): The aft side of the sail, running from the halyard clew to the clew.

• Boom (Botavara): A horizontal pole or spar attached to the mast to hold and guide the mainsail.

• Tiller (Caña): A small lever used to control the boat’s rudder.

• Halyards (Drizas): ropes or cables used to hoist or lower the sails.

• Sheeting (Escotas): ropes that are made firm on the clew of the sails or on the boom to steer and handle the sails.

• Length (Eslora): length from the bow to the stern.

• Stays (Estayes): Steel ropes or cables used to hold the mast in place to prevent it from falling fore or aft. They are part of the boat’s standing rigging.

• Starboard (Estribor): Right side of the hull as seen from stern to bow.

• Jib (Foque): Triangular sail at the bow.

• Luff (Grátil): The luff is the side of the sail that is attached and fastened to the mast in the case of the mainsail and to the stay in the case of the jib.

• Rigging (Jarcia de labor): The lines and rigging we use to trim the sails and steer the boat. It is made up of the halyards, the halyards, the sheets, the staysail, and the staystays.

• Standing rigging (Jarcia Firme): This is the set of fixed cables and ropes that do not touch or vary in position during normal use of a boat. They serve to hold the masts. The standing rigging is formed by the stays and shrouds.

• The counter or restraint (contra o retenida): These are ropes used to hold the boom and prevent an involuntary gybe when sailing on a load-bearing course.

• Beam (Manga): Width of the hull.

• Mast (Mástil): The vertical mast on a sailboat used to hold the sails.

• Shrouds (Obenques): The cables or ropes of the standing rigging that hold the masts or spars laterally. They are attached to the sides by pieces called chainplates.

• Centerboard (Orza): The centerboard is a piece usually retractable that is located under the hull or keel, has the function of preventing the drift of the boat by wind effect. The effect of the drift is maximum upwind, reducing its effect as we go across and with zero effect downwind. It is for this reason that it is made retractable, in order to be able to remove the centerboard on a bearing course.

• Stern (Popa): Rear part of the hull.

• Bow (Proa): Front part of the boat.

• Thrust (Pujamen): The lower side of the triangular sail. On the mainsail, the foot is attached to the boom.

• Tack (Puño de amura): The forward vertex of a ship’s triangular sail, the vertex closest to the tacks. On the mainsail it is attached to the lower part of the mast and on the jib it is attached to the bow of the boat.

• Halyard lead(Puño de driza): The uppermost point of the sail used to hold the halyard in place. It is also known as the pennant clew.

• Clew (Puño de escota): The aftmost lower vertex of the sail, where the sheets are attached in the case of the jib and to the back of the boom in the mainsail.

• Battens (Sables): These are laminated rods or tubes, usually made of fiberglass or carbon fiber, which are used to give shape and rigidity to the sail. It also prevents vertical wrinkles from forming.

• Rudder (Timón): A blade used to “steer the boat”.

• Trapa: rope or cable that holds the boom from the base of the mast to prevent it from lifting, especially in carrying winds.

• Traverse (Través): Central lateral part of the hull.

¿Cómo arbolar un raquero?

Conocido el vocabulario que vamos a emplear, en el siguiente vídeo realizado como trabajo grupal para la asignatura, podemos ver como arbolar un raquero desde 0.​