"Heave To" Maneuver
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HEAVE TO: To bring a vessel up in a position where it will maintain little or no headway, usually with the head sail backed and the boat sitting at 90 degrees (beam on) to the wind.
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To pull on a line. Also to throw a line.
heaving to
Setting the sails so the boat makes little headway, either used in a storm or a waiting situation.
heave to
to stop forward movement by bringing the vessel's bow into the wind and keeping it there
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Heave
To throw or pull strongly on a line.
Heaving line
A light line used to be thrown ashore, from which a larger rope can then be pulled.
Heave To - to stop a boat and maintain position (with some leeway) by balancing rudder and sail to prevent forward movement, a boat stopped this way is "hove to"
Helm - the tiller or wheel, and surrounding area ...
Heave-to - to stop a ship and maintain position, using rudder and sails to prevent much movement or drift. Also phrased as Lie-to. A ship thus stopped is Hove-to.
Helmsman - one who steers the ship.
Heave to- To turn the bow of the boat into the wind and keep it there, so that the boat lies almost still.
Heel- The lateral tilting of a boat in motion, due to wind, sometimes to waves.
Heave the lead To take soundings with a lead line.
Heave to A sailing vessel is hove to when a headsail is backed thus reducing the way through the water.
heave - To throw a rope or line; strongly pulling on a line.
heave about - To go into stays to tack.
heave ahead - To draw a vessel ahead by heaving on her cable, warp, etc.
Heave Out:
to move in a certain direction: Heave the capstan around! Heave up the anchor! ...
heave-to
To carry a minimum of sail or power so the boat can steer herself while she rides comfortably. With a sailboat the wind is about 60 degrees off the bow, the mainsail may be reefed, and the jib may be backed.
HEAVE TO-To stop a vessel's progress by putting out a sea anchor or drogue, or hauling a headsail to windward.
HEAVING LINE-Line with a weighted end to facilitate throwing it ashore or to another vessel.
Heave to -- To so trim a vessel's sails that she does not move ahead.
Heel rope -- The rope by which a running bowsprit is hauled out or a topmast lowered.
Hoist -- The length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail.
Heave
To throw, as to heave a line ashore. The rise and fall of a vessel in a seaway.
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For heaven's sake, for your first few trips, take someone who has had a reasonable amount of experience. Pride has no place at sea.
Having heaved the break roughly back into position, treat the doublers as tingles. With the doublers in position use the bolts to close the break joint. Clench the bolts over on the inside to stop them coming adrift.
A moonsail, also known as a moonraker, hope-in-heaven, or hopesail, is a sail flown immediately above the skysail (see sail-plan) on the very top of the royal mast on large, square rigged sailing ships of the clipper era.
Once you master a heave-to you will be surprised how much you use it to enjoy ocean sailing as you can sit back and enjoy the view, grab a bottle of water, or play a round of cards with your crew.
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Abox - To lay the head-yards abox in a square rigged sailing vessel was to lay them square to the foremast in order to heave-to.
Abreast - Alongside of; on the beam.
ABS - American Bureau of Shipping: A U.S.
headstay A wire from the bow supporting the mast, also called forestay head-to-wind With the bow turned into the wind, sails luffing headway Moving forward [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] heave 1. To haul or pull together; 2.
" Standing " in sea language means " fixed "-thus the standing part of a hook is that which " is attached to block, chain or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a weight hanging to it; the part opposite the point " (Smyth, sub voce).
For use on the inner forestay (replacing the staysail) in storm situations--the Tayana 37' heaves to well with this configuration.
Sails: Storm trysail with separate mast track. For use in a storm, without having to remove the mainsail.
To hold your position in a storm, you can heave to. Let your mainsail all the way out so it luffs, pull your jib in on the windward side across the mast, and tie the tiller loosely so it's immobilized on the leeward side.
Since cooler air is heaver than warm, the colder air will flow toward and displace the warm air.
The corresponding terms for directions of translation are known as Heave, Surge, and Sway, where Heave means vertical motion, Surge is fore-and-aft motion, while Sway means lateral or beamwise motion.
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welkin-eyed: wel-kin (wèl¹kîn) noun 1. The vault of heaven; the sky. 2. The upper air. [Middle English welken, from Old English wolcen, weolcen, cloud.] ...
Sway (y axis). Sideways. Generally a minor movement in a large vessel. Wave and wind loads could contribute to this motion.
Heave (z axis). Up and down. Wave motion causing the whole ship to rise and fall.
While the 395 certainly has the strength to stand up to a blow, this hull shape won't heave-to well and will pound in a seaway. It will also require aggressive sailing when the weather turns nasty.
by its handle, while another person passes the ball of spunyarIl; and this is continued until the rope is covered the length required. When the mallet is within a few turns of the end, take the. turns off the mallet, and pass them by hand, and heave ...
Smaller lines were used to heave the cables and these were nipped to the cable by small boys, who became known as nippers.
Roman sailors were paid a quantity of salt as part of their salarium (from the Latin sal meaning salt).
 See also: Boat, Sailing, Line, Point, Bow
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