Belay
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BELAY (from the same O. Eng. origin as "lay"; cf. Dutch beleggen), a nautical term for making ropes fast round a pin. In earlier days the word was synonymous with "waylay" or "surround." ...
Belay pin - Iron or wood pin fitted into railing to secure lines to.
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TERMS INDEX ...
belay - To make a line or rope fast to a pin or cleat
bow - Forward part of the boat
bowsprit - A spar that juts out forward of the bow; it enlarges the sail area of the ship by permitting extra jibs out in front of the boat ...
Belay To make a rope fast to a belaying pin or cleat.
Bend Knot of various kinds.
Bight Any part of a rope between its ends; also a curve, a cove on a coastline or channel.
Belay - to make secure
Bight - a loop of line or rope
Bilge - the lowest part of a boat, designed to collect water that enters the boat ...
belay
To temporarily secure a line to a cleat, or as a command "disregard the last order"
belaying pin ...
belay, to - To make fast a rope or fall of a tackle. When hauling in a rope, the signal means to stop, as in "Belay there!"
below - Beneath the deck.
Belaying Pin:
Iron or wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured.
Belay
to make secure, but can also mean to halt or cease, as in "Belay that, sailor!"
Bight ...
Belaying Pin
Large bolts round which the ropes are twisted to fasten them
Bell ...
belay
1) To cleat. A belaying pin, found in many traditional sailboats, is a vertical metal rod used in place of a cleat to secure lines. 2) Terminate. "Belay that" is an order to stop an activity or to stop talking.
bell ...
BELAY - Secure a line without a knot or hitch. Also, command to stop or cease action.
BELOW - Beneath the deck.
BEND - Secure a sail fast to a spar or stay. Also, know to secure a line to another line or object such as an anchor. ...
belay: make a line fast to make secure to secure a line, usually to a cleat. bend on: tie or fasten. bight: a loop in a rope-or-a bend in the shoreline.
Belay - To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. (to make secure)
Bell Buoy - a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves.
Make fast -- To belay a rope.
Masthead -- That part of the mast above the hounds.
Mast hoops -- The hoops to which the luffs of fore and aft sails are seized to secure the sails to the masts.
The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
CLEW: The aft lower corner of the sail, to which the sheet attaches.
CLOVE HITCH: A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
True bearing is the direction from the ship relating to true north with north being 0° and south 180° BELAY to temporarily secure a line without knotting by making one or more 'S' turns (varying somewhat with synthetic lines) around a cleat or pin ...
A temporary tie or lashing, commonly a short piece of rope with a knot at one end and an eye at the other before the wind Having the wind coming from the aft of the boat; downwind belay 1.
BITTS A terms applied to short metal or wood columns extending up from a base plate secured to a deck or bulwark rail or placed on a pier and to timbers extended up through and a short distance above a deck for the purpose of securing and belaying ...
Belay - Change order; - To make a line secure to a pin, cleat or bitt.
Belay pin - Iron or wood pin fitted into railing to secure lines to.
Below -Beneath the deck
Bend - to fasten one line to another ...
BELAY - To make fast the end of a rope temporarily by turning it round a cleat.
BELOW - Beneath the deck.
Belay: To secure a line to, cleat, bollard, bitt, etc.
- A command to stop or cease action.
Belaying Pin: A wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured.
Below: Beneath the decks, i.e., inside a cabin or in a hold.
Belay: Securing a line in a cleat fitting; order to ignore the previous order
Below: Underneath the deck of a boat
Bending on: To mount the mainsail to the boom ...
First, drop the bowline crewman on the dock, with orders to take a turn around a dock cleat to belay the line (a).
Deck timbers used to belay large ropes.
Block
A pulley enclosed in a wooden shell. The shell keeps the rope from flipping off the pulley.
A fitting to which lines are made fast. The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
Clove Hitch
A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
Cleat Hitch: Needed by every boater, this is the best way to belay, or attach, a line to a standard cleat.
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Luggers have pleasant lines, with a nice sheer and comfortable seating. A bronze stemhead, wood gunwales, Sitka spruce mast and a set of belaying pins at the base of the mast give the boat a bit of a salty air.
The classic cleat to which lines are belayed is approximately anvil-shaped.
Clove Hitch
A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
Coaming
A vertical piece around the edge of a cockpit, hatch, etc.
The two peak vangs are just visible in the middle picture. In the right-hand picture, the mizzen tabernacle is half-hidden by the belayed ropes and painted green.
Web article about triangular 'Leg-o-Mutton' sprit sail rig.
 See also: Forward, Deck, Anchor, Boat, Lines
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