Start the eye splice by unraveling eight to ten turns of the strands of rope.
Now seal the ends of each of the three strands with tape or heat to prevent them from unraveling.
EYE OF THE WIND: The direction from which the wind is blowing.
EYE SPLICE: A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line.
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FAIRLEAD: A device for leading a sheet or some other line at the correct angle - often on to a winch.
eye splice - A splice causing a loop in the end of a line, by braiding the end into itself or similar methods. It may or may not be reinforced by a metal fitting known as a thimble.
eye of the wind
The direction that the wind is blowing from.
eye splice ...
eye bolt - A bolt (or large machine screw) with a ring formed or welded on the top.
eyelet holes - Small holes worked in sails for lacings, etc., to be rove through.
Eye strap
Strong stainless strap that is formed with a loop and screwed or bolted to the structure. Generally used to attach fittings to a surface.
Fairlead ...
Eye of the wind That point from which the wind is blowing towards the observer.
FAIRLEAD A fitting for leading a rope over an obstruction to avoid friction.
Fairway Shipping channel, normally the center of an approach channel.
Eye Splice:
(1) A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.
bow eye
A stainless steel U-bolt on a boat's bow stem used to secure tow lines or trailer winch hooks.
bowrider
A runabout boat with open-bow seating.
BOW EYE -Ring fitting for securing line to bow of vessel.
BOW LINE - A docking line leading from the bow.
BOWLINE - A knot used to form a temporary loop in the end of a line.
EYE SPLICE
Unlay the rope and lay the strands E, F, G at the proper distance upon the strand shown at A. Now push the strand H through the strand next to it, as shown in B, having first opened it with a marlinespike.
An eye in the edge of a sail, used to secure it to a line or shackle.
cross
To go in front of another boat.
To my eye this design looks to be a good all-around boat. If enough are sold to develop fleets this boat could provide some fun one-design racing.
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A round eye through which a line is led, usually in order to change the direction of pull.
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- Thimble Eye Splice — Tow Lines like anchor lines are provided with a thimble eye splice on one end, which provides for chafe protection for connection to a shackle, swivel eye hook, or spring clip.
Keep a sharp eye out for anything that looks peculiar or out of the ordinary. Report all activities that seem suspicious to the local authorities, the U.S. Coast Guard, or the port or marina security.
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Dipping the eye: If two boats have their dock lines around the same piling, and the boat owner of the lower line wants to remove his to cast off. He must either first remove the line on top or perform the maneuver called "dipping the eye".
GUDGEON-An eye fitting into which the rudder's pintles are inserted.
GUNKHOLING-Shallow-water sailing and anchoring in out-of-the-way places.
HALYARD-A line used to hoist a sail. Also spelled halliard.
Pad Eye - A loop shaped fitting attached to the deck, spar, boom, etc., used to secure a line or block to some part of the vessel.
wind rode Riding head-to-wind at anchor, when the wind overcomes the tide wind rose a diagram usually shown on pilot charts that indicates the frequency and intensity of wind from different directions for a particular place wind's eye or ...
eye: a loop in a line that has been seized, spliced or knotted. eye of the wind: direction from which the wind is blowing. eye splice: a permanent loop made at a rope's end by weaving unlaid strands into the standing part of the line.
Owner - traditional Royal Navy term for the Captain, a survival from the days when privately-owned ships were often hired for naval service.
Ox-Eye - A cloud or other weather phenomenon that may be indicative of an upcoming storm.
A loop or a small eye at the end of the rope.
Belay
To secure a line, or make fast without a knot or hitch.
Becket - A loop or eye made in the end of a rope or wire
Below - Inside a boat
Berth - A place to sleep in a boat or a place to make fast a boat ...
CRINGLE: A reinforced eye worked into the luff or leech of a sail to form the new tack or clew when reefing.
CUDDY: A small shelter cabin in a boat.
CUNNINGHAM: (also called a Downhaul): Adjusting the tension of a sail's luff.
A boat falls off the wind when it points its bow further from the eye of the wind. The opposite of heading up. Beaufort wind scale Used to gauge wind speed using observations of the winds effects on trees and other objects.
DEAD EYE See "Blind Pulley". DEAD FLAT The midship portion of a vessel throughout the length of which a constant shape of cross section is maintained.
Bear Up- to steer up to the eye of the wind, shore or object.
Beckets- Short ropes used in several parts of a ship, to confine large ropes, ...
to latch DRAFT the distance from a vessel's water line to the deepest part of the hull; the depth of water necessary to float a vessel EASE OFF to slack off or release tension slowly and smoothly EYE a loop or hole which is spliced or tied on the ...
BECKETS - A loop or rope with a knot on one end and eye at the other used for confining ropes, tackle, oars, spars etc.
BELAY - To make fast the end of a rope temporarily by turning it round a cleat.
BELOW - Beneath the deck.
Bear Up- to steer up to the eye of the wind, shore or object.
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 ...
A captain might turn a blind eye to warnings (as Admiral Nelson did at the Battle Of Copenhagen) but would have to brace up (tighten his rigging) and stave off (fend off) scuttlebutt (a small drinking ladle with scuttles or holes, ...
About 1in (25cm) from the eye, a small stick had been pushed between the strands of the rope. When the boom was not in use, this stick stopped the rope from pulling forwards out of the block, and kept the eye dangling from the aft side of the boom.
I run each of the lines through the eye of the ball painter then back to the cleat. The lines are adjusted to center to eye along the centerline of the boat. If one line fails hopefully the other line will hold until discovered.
Pleasing to the eye. Can we love this boat--we know there will be issues with her, so she has to make our hearts smile while we work through them and accept them or else we'll get disatisfied and grumpy.
BLOCK- A wooden or metal case enclosing one or more pulleys and having a hook, eye, or strap by which it may be attached.
BOAT - A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship.
The cat rig is certainly suitable for coastal cruising, with an eye on the weather, but I don't consider any single-masted cat rig, not even the most modern, to be a true bluewater cruiser.
Gybing is more difficult than tacking, or turning across the eye of the wind, because the sails move from far out on one side to far out on the other side. If the wind is light, especially in a small sailboat, this may not be difficult.
Always have someone onboard keep an eye on the person in the water, regardless of what the sea condition is. If your the only one onboard at the time try and keep an eye on the crew member throughout any boat maneuvers.
Gybing: Turning the stern of the boat through the eye of the wind.
Halyards: Lines or wire rope used to hoist (or tie) the sails (to the top) of the mast.
Head Up: Turning the bow of the boat towards the eye of the wind.
You'll have to get used to steering your vessel as close to the eye of the wind as you can while holding your sails tight.
Even keel: When a boat is floats evenly to its waterline, well balanced.
Eye splice: (knots) Braiding the end of a line into itself to form a loop.
Eye of the wind: The direction that the wind is blowing from.
To sail as close as possible towards the eye of the wind.
planing
A boat is said to be planing when it is essentially moving over the top of the water, rather than plowing through the water.
Jibe: Turning the yacht so that the stern of the yacht crosses through the eye of the wind, thereby changing the side of the yacht on which the sails are carried (opposite of tacking).
Sheet Bend - A bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to a eye.
Sheet in the Wind (A) or A Sheet in the Wind - Sailors slang for half drunk.
Round Turn and 2 Half Hitches: This hitch is commonly used to secure a line to a spar, eye or ring, for example, to secure fenders.
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Because sidelights will not have exactly the same intensities, and because the human eye is not equally sensitive to red and green light, one sidelight may appear before the other, even if you are in a head-on situation.
Apart from this broad difference, the various sizes of merchant steamships have in general no bold characteristic features like sailing ships; they possess different deck structures and certain differences in form, but, to the ordinary eye, ...
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sail, Sailing, Deck
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