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Chainplates - metal plates bolted to the boat which standing rigging is attached to
Chock - a guide for an anchor, mooring or docking line, attached to the deck
Cleat - a fitting used to secure a line to ...

 


Chainplates: The metal or composite attachments for shrouds and stays. Part of the hull, connecting the hull with the rig.
Chute: A spinnaker.

Chainplates: Very strong metal plates affixed to the hull to which the forestay, backstay and shrouds are attached.

chainplates - Fittings located on the outer deck edges (or on the hull sides) to which riggings are fastened.
chain Pipe - Iron pipe on the deck through which the cables pass into the lockers.

Chainplates
Plates on the deck to which lines and stays are attached.
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Sturdy metal straps connecting stays to the hull.
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Chainplates - metal plates bolted to the boat which standing rigging is attached to
Chichester -- Sir Francis Chichester, the great English sailor who authored the terrific books Alone Across the Atlantic and Gypsy Moth ...

In this case the chainplates are bolted to the hull outboard. This is a strong and inexpensive way to do chainplates.

The stainless steel multi-holed plates used to attach the shrouds to the chainplates. The outboard plates are hooked for the spinnaker guy.
Spinnaker
A large symmetrical balloon-shaped sail set when sailing downwind.

The contemporary, highly developed Bermudan rig, with its lighter spars, higher-aspect-ratio sail, inboard chainplates, close jib-sheeting angles, and so on, has much the better windward ability.

A shroud is similar to a stay, but is located in the athwartship plane of the vessel. Thus, shrouds come down to the sides of the boat and are attached to chainplates.
A vang is a rope used to pull something around or down.

See also: Boat, Chain, Hull, Cockpit, Aft

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