In small boats and when winds are light for bigger boats. A sailboat might have to sail back to the wharf without a motor:)
Halyards raise or lower sails, sheets tighten or loosen angle of sail, and the shrouds and stays steady the mast(s).
A schooner
My ship has arrived at the wharf. The wharf is on the north side of the marina.
Rise up - but not much.
The plural form for the noun wharf is wharves.
India Wharf was created in 1807.
Holt's Wharf ended in 1973.
Alex Wharf was born in 1975.
Wharf Angel was created in 1936.
Nouakchott Wharf was created in 1966.
Wellsburg Wharf was created in 1836.
The Wharf - Holdings - was created in 1886.