Halyards: - lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden poles (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place.
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Halyards - Lines used to hoist or lower sails or flags.
Hatch - An opening in the deck for entering below.
Head - A marine toilet. Also the upper corner of a triangular sail.
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.
Head: Top corner of sail. (Where halyard connects to sail) ...
Halyards: Ropes or wires for lifting or lowering sails and associated spars
Hanks: The metal clips that attach a sail to a forestay
Hatch: An opening in the deck to enter the space below it ...
Halyards Ropes or tackle used to hoist sails or flags.
Hanks Strong clip hooks which attach head sails to the mast stays.
Harden up To bring the vessel closer to the wind.
Halyards: One of various ropes or tackles used for raising and lowering a sail, yard, spar, or flag.
peak halyards - The halyards by which the peak of a sail is hoisted.
peak purchase - A tackle attached to one end of the peak halyards.
halyards, which are used to raise sails (or yards on square-rigged vessels).
sheets, which attach to the clews of the sails to control their angle to the wind.
Halyards hoisted and sustain the yard at the masthead and probable served as backstays, In furling sail the upper yard was left down
The forms of the boats with their long overhangs fore and aft was admirable adapted for landing in shoal water.
Halyards are on the mast, a sturdy deck-stepped extrusion from Z-Spar. The large, roached, full-batten mainsail, sliding on recirculating ball-bearing cars, is 538 square feet.
Halyards -- Ropes for hoisting sails.
Handsomely -- Steadily; carefully.
Handy billy -- A watch tackle kept on deck for getting a pull on sheets or halyards.
Halyards - Lines used to hoist or lower sails or flags.
Halyards - lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden spars (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place.
All lines, halyards and sheets used in controlling sails and spars.
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The wires, lines, halyards and other items used to attach the sails and the spars to the boat. The lines that do not have to be adjusted often are known as standing rigging.
External halyards are located outside the mast; internal halyards pass through the inside of a hollow mast. HANK A metal or nylon clip used to hold the luff of a headsail or staysail to the forestay.
Fife Rail - A rail around the mast or on the bulwarks with holes for belaying pins to which lines or halyards are attached.
HALYARDS Light lines used in hoisting signals, flags, etc. Also applied to the ropes used in hoisting gaffs, sails, or yards. HAMPER, TOP HAMPER Articles of outfit, especially spars, rigging, etc.
rigging: ropes and wire stays of a boat standing rigging refers to shrouds and stays, while running rigging refers to halyards and sheets that control the sails the lines or wires fitted to spars and sails for support and control.
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.
with its peak hoisted to the topmast truck, clew hauled out to the gaff, and the luff set up by means of a tack downwind main truck The top of the mainmast, specifically, a circular wood piece containing sheaves for hoisting flag halyards make ...
SHAKE UP - To luff up for a short time without losing a vessel's way, so that the sails may shake, and the pressure of the wind being taken off them, the crew are enabled to take a pull on the halyards or purchases.
SHANK - The shaft of an anchor.
They often are hoisted on light lines called flag halyards. Code flags are official flags representing letters, numbers, and phrases under the International Code of Signals. Pleasure boats also fly flags that identify the owners and their clubs.
Sheets move sails in and out while halyards move sails up and down.
The mainsail is the larger sail that sits behind the mast.
The mainsheet is its sheet.
A jib is the sail set between the forwardmost mast and the headstay.
Running rigging- All lines, halyards and sheets used in controlling sails and spars.
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Schooner- A boat with two or more masts, the mainmast set aft the smaller mast(s).
Steel wire is used for standing and permanent rigging and halyards for hoisting sails. It is very strong, but has little stretch. Inspect wire for corrosion and kinks and keep it well lubricated.
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SHACKLE-A U-shaped piece of metal with a removable pin across the open end. Shackles are attached to the ends of a boat's halyards and used to link the halyards to the heads of the sails for hoisting.
Aluminum spools in the halyard winch onto which the main and jib halyards are wound when hoisting the main and jib sails.
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Other circumstances can cause a sail to twist. Controls such as the cunningham, boom vang, outhaul, traveler, halyards, leech line, sheets, and the bend of the mainmast all can affect sail shape. Also see sail trim.
In high winds, a sail would probably be flatter, in low winds rounder. Other circumstances can cause a sail to twist. Controls such as the outhaul, halyards, sheets and the bend of the main mast all can affect sail shape.
I, bowsprit and martingale; 2, jib - behind it is the foresail; 3, cross-trees and topmastshroud; 4, pennant designating the club to which she belongs; 5, gaff-topsail; 6, peak of gaff, hoisted by peak and throat halyards; 7, mainsail; 8, ...
Consists of halyards, mainsheet, jib sheets, topping lift, downhaul, outhaul, and cunningham.
Schooner: a two-masted boat where the aftermost mast is the tallest or all masts are of equal height. Can also have 3- and 4-masted schooners.
 See also: Halyard, Boat, Sail, Deck, Sheet
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