grommet - A ring or eyelet normally used to attach a line, such as on a sail.
ground swells - Swells that become shorter and steeper as they approach the shore due to shallow water.
grommet
rope or brass ring in a sail or piece of canvas.
gunwales ...
Grommet
Metal eye fitted into a hole in a sail or canvas to take a line, shackle, etc.
Guy ...
grommet - An eyelet; a ring (circle) formed by a rope.
gross tonnage - Computed as 40 cubic feet per ton, it is the vessel's total interior space (including non-cargo space); a vessel's weight; weight of a vessel's water displacement.
grommet, lacing eye, eyelet
A small metal ring inserted in a sail, boat cover, or other cloth. Smaller and lighter than a cringle, it is used by reef points or tie-down lines.
grooved (slotted) headstay, grooved (slotted) mast ...
Grommet
A ring of rope or metal fastened in a sail awning.
Ground Tackle ...
GROMMET STROP
It is made of a single strand of rope. To make it, lay one end over the other at the size required, and with the long end follow the lay round until a ring is formed with three parts of the strand all 'round Finish by dividing the ends, ...
Grommet - A ring or eyelet normally used to attach a line, such as on a sail.
Gross Tonnage - A common measurement of the internal volume of a ship with certain spaces excluded.
OUTHAUL The line used to pull a sail toward the end of the boom, or the grommet at the corner of the sail to which that line attaches.
P Top
P & S Port and starboard (both sides).
A rope grommet used in place of a rowlock. Also, a small piece of rope with an eye in each end to hold the feet of a sprit to the mast. In general any small rope or strap used as a handle.
Belay: To make fast as to a pin or cleat.
Also a hardwood tapering pin or tool, used by sailmakers and riggers to open the strands of a rope, eye, grommet, etc., A "hand fid" is rounded at the ends, a "standing or cringle fid" is larger than a hand fid and has a flat base.
A loop, eye or grommet made with fiber or wire rope; 2. The eye in the strap of a block to which a line can be attached; 3.
becket: a loop, eye or grommet; the eye in the strap of a block to which a line can be attached. belay: make a line fast to make secure to secure a line, usually to a cleat. bend on: tie or fasten.
Figure Eight Knot - A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.
Flare - The outward curve of a vessels sides near the bow. Or A distress signal.
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.
A knot in the form of a figure eight, placed in the end of a line to prevent the line from passing through a grommet or a block.
Flare
The outward curve of a vessel's sides near the bow. A distress signal.
Flood
A incoming current.
A knot, usually a bowline, is tied to a grommet provided for the purpose in the clew of the sail, then fed directly to the cleat.
Cunningham: The cringle (grommet) on the luff (forward edge) of the sail used to achieve luff tension for draft control. (sail shaping)
Downhaul: Line used to tighten or tension the luff (forward edge) of the sail.
Cringles: Open metal rings inserted into the sail (also called grommets) used as reefing points for a sail but also found at the clew, head and tack of the sail to attach halyards, lines, outhauls etc.
Thimble - A ring with a grooved on the outside to make a rope grommet
Three Courses: - True Course “TC' - Magnetic Course “MC' - Corrected Compass “CC'
Through Hull - Where fittings pass through a hull below the waterline ...
 See also: Boat, Point, Line, Sail, Anchor
  
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