Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| backwind | to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
| bimini | a kind of awning for a yacht. |
| boardsailing | the sport of sailing on a board. |
| boardsailor | one who practises sailboarding. |
| canoeist | one who engages in canoeing. |
| canoeman | a canoeist. |
| centreboard | a retractable keel fitted to small racing yachts and dinghies. |
| coachroof | (Canadian) a raised part of the cabin roof of a yacht. |
| daggerboard | a light, narrow, completely removable centreboard. |
| dayboat | a small pleasure boat with no sleeping accommodation. |
| daysail | to sail a yacht for a day. |
| daysailer | a dayboat powered by sail. |
| daysailor | a dayboat powered by sail. |
| headreach | to make distance to windward in tacking. |
| headrope | that part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail. |
| headsail | a sail set forward of the foremast of a ship. |
| jibb | in sailing, to shift from side to side. |
| jibboom | a spar forming an extension of the bowsprit. |
| keelboat | a type of yacht with a heavy external keel to offset the weight of the sails. |
| loxodromics | the art of sailing along rhumb-lines. |
| loxodromy | the art of sailing along rhumb-lines. |
| luff | to turn a ship towards the wind. |
| maxiboat | a large racing yacht. |
| multihull | a boat having more than one hull, eg a catamaran. |
| outsail | to sail faster than. |
| outrigging | the sport of outrigger canoeing. |
| sail | a sheet of canvas etc. spread to catch the wind; (verb) to move across the surface of water by the action of wind. |
| sailable | navigable. |
| sailboat | a boat that sails. |
| sailboating | the sport of using a sailboat. |
| sailless | destitute of sails. |
| spinnaker | a large triangular sail opposite the mainsail. |
| yacht | a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc; (verb) to sail or cruise in a yacht. |
| yachter | one who sails a yacht. |
| yachtie | (Aust. sl.) a yachtsman. |
| yachtman | one who sails a yacht. |
| yachtsman | one who sails a yacht. |
| yachtsmanship | the art of sailing a yacht. |
| yachtswoman | a woman who sails a yacht. |