cheeks of the mast - The mast projections known as the hounds.
chill - In very light winds, if a cloud passes overhead and a puff comes out of it, it is called a chill-probably due to its coldness.
Cheeks:
(1) The two sides of a block.
(2) Pieces of timber attached to the mast below the masthead to support the trestle trees.
Cheese Down:
To coil down the tail of a line on deck to present a neat appearance.
deck chart (noun) The proper term for a nautical map chart (verb) To mark a course on a nautical map charter (noun) A contract for leasing a boat charter (verb) To lease a boat from its owner for a temporary period of time cheeks ...
Above the curvature of the upper walingpieces into the wpo~u,56Xuw were the cheeks of the vessel, generally painted red, and in the upper part of these the eyes (6~OaXuoL), answering to our hawse holes, through which ran the cables for the anchors.
A pulley on a boat for supporting or directing line or wire. A roller (sheave, pronounced "shiv") is hung between two supports (cheeks) either ron a pin (sheave pin) or on ball bearings.
Has a roller or sheave, which turns on a pin between two metal or plastic cheeks.
Bolt rope
Rope attached to the luff and foot of the mainsail so that the sail can be fed into the mast or boom.
It has two sides or cheeks and a bolt forming the pivot around which the mast is raised and lowered.
Tack:
1. A leg of the route of a sailing vessel, particularly in relation to tacking (qv) and to starboard tack and port tack (also qv). 2.
Jammed halyard between the block's sheave and cheeks.
#14. Oversized bimini ( canvas tent to block sun and rain over the cockpit ), which prevented the lowering of the boom to obtain the correct level for proper shape of the mainsail.
 See also: Block, Line, Boom, Lines, Deck
  
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