F
FACTOR to To FALL a-stern
To FALL calm to FETCHING the pump
FID to FIRE-SHIP
FISH to To FLAT-IN
To FLAT-IN FORWARD to FLUSH
To FLAT-IN FORWARD
FLAW
FLEET
FLEETING
FLOAT
FLOATING
FLOOR
FLOOR-TIMBERS
FLOWING
FLUSH
FLY of an ensign to FORE-CASTLE
FORE-CAT-HARPINS to FORE-STAY
FORE-TOP to FOTHERING
FOUL to FRESH
To FRESHEN the bawse to FUTTOCK-SHROUDS
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FLOWING
FLOWING, the position of the sheets, or lower corners of the principal sails, when they are loosened to the wind, so as to receive it into their cavities in a direction more nearly perpendicular than when they are close-hauled, although more obliquely than when the vessel is sailing before the wind.A ship is therefore said to have a flowing sheet when the wind crosses the line of her course nearly at right angles: that is to say, a ship steering due north, with the wind at east, or directly on her side, will have a flowing sheet; whereas if the sheets were extended close aft, she would sail two points nearer the wind, viz. N. N. E. See the articles CLOSE-HAULED, LARGE, and TRIM.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 131, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0546.html