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 of the wind
The direction that the wind is blowing from.
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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 of the Wind:
Direction from which the wind is blowing; an unsailable sector between close hauled headings.
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.
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.
eye bolt A bolt with an eye on one end eye of the wind or wind's eye The exact direction from which the wind is blowing.
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, ...
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.
To change direction when sailing in a manner such that the stern of the boat passes through the eye of the wind and the boom changes sides. Prior to jibing the boom will be very far to the side of the boat.
The eye of the wind is the precise direction of the wind. The eye of a hurricane is the center or vortext of the storm. 3) Eyes for seeing. To keep your weather eye open is to be an alert lookout.
An accidental jibe happens when the boat is steered or the wind shifts such that the stern of the boat accidentally passes through the eye of the wind. This causes that main boom to swing violently to the other side of the boat.
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.
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.
To come about, you steer the boat through the eye of the wind, that is, into and across the flow of the wind. The sail empties of wind on one side, and the boom swings gently across the boat and fills on the other side.
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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).
EVEN KEEL - When a boat is floating on its designed waterline, it is said to be floating on an even keel.
EYE OF THE WIND - The direction from which the wind is blowing.
EYE SPLICE - A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line.
When we took the boat through a series of tacks, the Dehler came through the eye of the wind cleanly and was very forgiving on the occasion that I timed things perfectly to stick the boat's nose into a particularly sharp wave.
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 starboard and the boom to port, she is on starboard tack. When she has the wind to port and the boom to starboard, she is on port tack.
3. To turn the boat so as to change from one tack to another with the bow passing through the eye of the wind.
 See also: Boat, Eye, Wind, Sailing, Line
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