Yar!

Yar: adj., v. Sailing term, meaning fit and beautiful. When a craft be yar, she be right nimble an' quick to the helm.

"My, she be yar!"

"No sailing 'til the boat's been yarred."

"Yar! Sail ho!"
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This is a very important sailing term, even though a google search yields almost no real results. In fact, this is the only website I could find on it. It's not listed on dictionary.com or wikipedia.org but never ye mind! The term exists.

As captain, when underway (means sailing, you lubbers!) I keep my vessel in an ongoing state of yar (when anchored, this "yarredness" can go---in part---by the wayside). The term is very general, covering the tidiness of the cabin & cockpit to the strength of the craft & crew itself.

A clean and tidy boat is a seaworthy boat. As we all know, with sailing, things can get "unstable" to say the least. If the shit ever gets hairy, a yar (yarred) boat is the best kind of be on.

- Your Captain