jam cleat - A cleat designed to hold a lline in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed. Also see cam cleat.
jaws - A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.
Jam Cleat
A cleat designed to allow a line to be made fast quickly by jamming it down.
Jetsam ...
A block with a jam cleat, located on the boom and used to control the main sheet on small boats.
head sea
A sea which is traveling in the opposite direction to that of the boat.
adopted between ships and shore internationally, that can be decoded into any language in the wind Pointing a boat too high into the wind, resulting in some of the wind being spilled from the sails [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] jam cleat ...
A jam cleat in which the line is pinched in a v-shaped slot.
A clam cleat (or jam cleat) in which the rope is held between two fluted stationary pieces. Such a cleat vaguely resembles two halves of a clam shell held back to back.
Make sure the mains'l sheed is uncoiled and free of its jam cleat before raising sail. Don't forget the battens. Unfurl sail, raise with halyard, feed toggles into mast track. Leave the sheet free until the sail is all the way up and belayed.
Headknocker: A fitting with a block and a jam cleat that attached to the boom to control the main lines and wires on small to medium-sized boats
Heads: Toilet facility on a boat
Headsails: All sails that are used forward of the foremast ...
To secure a line on one of several types of cleat. The line is wrapped several times around a horn cleat, wrapped once around a jam cleat, laid between the movable sharp jaws of a cam cleat, or dropped into the grooved channel of a clam cleat.
A device used to keep a line from slipping, such as a jam cleat.
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A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them. Also see jam cleat.
camber ...
 See also: Boat, Cleat, Wind, Aft, Mast
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