BACKED: To back a headsail is to pull it’s clew to weather, or windward, thus setting the sail ‘inside out’. The practise is used in manoeuvring under sail to push a boat’s head to leeward.
Clew- The lower after corner of a sail
PEAK- Outer end of the gaff -upper aft corner of a gaff sail
Halyards: - lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden poles (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place.
Clew - the lower aft corner of a sail
Close hauled - a point of sail where the boat is sailing as close to the wind as possible
Close reach - a point of sail where the boat is sailing towards the wind but is not close hauled ...
Clew: The lower corner of a mainsail, jib or genoa and either lower corner of a spinnaker attached to the sheet.
Cockpit: A recessed area in the deck in which the crew works.
clew
The after-most corner of a sail.
close-hauled
Sailing as close to the wind as possible.
Clew- The corner of the sail where the foot meets the leech.
Close-haul- To sail as close to the direction of the wind as possible.
Clove hitch- A knot used for mooring a boat.
Clew
The after lower corner of a sail where the foot and leech meet.
Close-hauled ...
Clew The corner of the sail where the leech meets the foot.
Close-hauled Sailing close to the wind.
Companion Ladder in a ship.
clew up - To haul up a sail by the clew lines for furling, etc. Also used as a slang term for shut up or cease.
Clew:
The lower aft corner of a fore and aft sail, both lower corners of a spinnaker, and the lower corners of a square sail
Clew Outhaul:
The tackle used to adjust the clew in and out on the boom.
Clew Garnet
{Palanquin}
Ropes connecting the clews of the sail with the yard used in raising, lowering and furling of the sail
Columbus' Cabin ...
[edit] Clew
The clew of a jib or other headsail is the free corner (not attached to any standing rigging), to which port and starboard jib sheets are attached to control the angle of the sail to the wind.
CLEW-Aftermost corner of a sail.
COAMING-Raised protection around a cockpit.
COCKPIT-Space within the coaming where the helmsman sits. A self-bailing cockpit has drains to allow water to run out of it.
Clew - For a triangular sail, the aftmost corner.
Clove Hitch - A knot for temporarily fastening a line to a spar or piling.
Coach Roof - Also trunk. The cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin.
clew
The after lower corner of a jib, mainsail, or mizzen and one of the two lower corners of a spinnaker.
clinometer ...
3. Pull out the clew using simple rope purchase, then tie that off.
4. Lash the leech reef cringle around the boom to stop the boom dropping.
5. Be careful not to squash the sail (this may be common sense, but not everyone has that nowadays).
clew: the lower after corner of a sail, where the foot meets the leech. close-hauled: sailing close to the wind with sails pulled in. clove hitch: two half hitches.
CLEW The lower, aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail, where the leech meets the foot. CHORD A straight line between the luff and leech of a sail.
Clew For a triangular sail, the aftmost corner.
Coach roof Also trunk. The cabin roof, raised above the deck to provide headroom in the cabin.
Coaming A vertical extension above the deck to prevent water from entering the cockpit.
clew -- the lower aft corner of the fore and aft sails
close hauled -- sails and boom pulled in tight, enabling the boat to point as high as possible to the direction the wind is coming from
clove hitch -- two half hitches ...
Scandalize - On a gaff rig the sail is made loose footed, the clew is brought forward along the boom and the sail cloth is drawn up in folds along the gaff and mast. From this position the sail is instantly available for use.
Clew: the back lower corner of a sail.
Cutter: similar to a sloop in that there is only one mast, but it is stepped further aft and she can carry two headsails at once (forestaysail and jib). Often has a bowsprit to enlarge the foretriangle.
such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
Sail Free (To) - To sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing close-hauled, or close to the wind.
Sailing Vessel - A vessel propelled solely by the wind.
fill-oriented fabric, 1 ounce heavier than standard); either full-length battens (if the budget can include a top-quality luff-car system) or (if the boat can afford a reduction in mainsail area) battenless; two reefs; extended two-ply head and clew ...
Finally, rig the reef outhaul between the aft reef grommet and the end of the boom, using a Reefing Clew Line, with a cross-turn under the bottom of the boom.
Clew The aftmost, lowest part of a triangular sail. Expert sailors make all sorts of adjustments to a sail, but beginners can adjust the clew to catch the wind even if they don't have a clue about the finer points of sail trim.
The jib sheets (the lines that adjust the jib in and out) are now attached to the clew with either a fastening (if provided) or better, a bowline and led through their proper "leads" (blocks, or pulleys, that adjust the trim angle of the jib), ...
Clew: The lower aft corner of a sail
Clove Hitch: Common knot; often used to bind a rope to a piling
Close reach: Steering off a close-hauled course by approximately 20 degrees ...
The clew of the trysail is hauled aft by a luff-tackle which forms the sheet.
Moving the block forward pulls the clew downward more than back, tightening the sail's leech more than the foot. Moving the block aft pulls the clew back more than down, tightening the sail's foot more than the leach.
When you finish the tack, you're now on a starboard tack, your main has switched side (normal) but your headsail is now in a position you have not seen before: the head sail is set against the wind with its clew is to windward instead of leeward ...
A line attached to the clew of a sail and is used to control the sail's trim. The sheets are named after the sail, as in jib sheets and main sheet.
Sheet Bend
A type of knot used to tie two lines together.
Whisker pole A short spar, normally kept stowed, which may be used to push the clew of a jib away from the boat when the boat is running downwind.
winch -- mechanical device for hauling in a line ...
Describes a mainsail attached to the boom at the tack and clew, but not along the length of it's foot.
lubber line
A mark or permanent line on a compass indicating the direction forward parallel to the keel when properly installed ...
Smaller sails should be folded--accordion-style--or rolled after use. The clew should be on the outside of the roll for the mainsail, and the tack should be on the outside of the roll for the jib.
There is a short sprit to get a gennaker or asymmetrical chute away from the forestay. The SA/D using the loaded displacement is 17.03. I'd like to see the clew of that blade-style jib lower. I like to get the clew down close to the deck if I can.
Said of a sail when, with its clew to winward, is pressed back towards the mast. It may happen due to a sudden change of wind.
Abaft
Abeam ...
Jib Sheet The lines that lead from the clew of the jib.
Jibboom -Spar forward of bowsprit
Jibe. To go from one tack to the other when running with the wind coming over the stern
Jigger-Aft sail on the mizzen mast of a yawl or a ketch.
A device located on the aft part of the boom, used to secure the clew, so that the foot is kept tense.
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CLEW - For a triangular sail, the aftmost corner.
CLIP-HOOK - A metal eye, with two hooks attached to it, working on the same pivot, so that they overlap when closed.
CLEW The lower corner of a square sail, and the after corner of the fore-and-aft sail. CLOSE-HAULED A vessel which is sailing with her yard braces up so as to get as much as possible to windward.
Loose-footed: A sail attached to the boom at the tack and clew, but not along the foot, or a fore and aft sail which is set without a boom.
Luff: The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Boom, Mast, Forward
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