MAINSHEET: Line that controls the position of the mainsail.
MARK (buoy): An object the sailing instructions require a boat to pass on a specified side.
MARLINSPIKE: A tool for opening the strands of a rope while splicing.
The mainsheet traveler is a device that allows for changing the position where the mainsheet tackle connects to the boat. The traveler is typically mounted either in the cockpit or, as shown in this photo, on the cabin top for mid-boom sheeting.
mainsheet - The line used to control the mainsail.
make fast - To attach a line to something so that it will not move.
make way - Moving through the water.
Mainsheet - the line that controls the boom
Mizzen - the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl ...
Mainsheet
The sheet that is rove through the mainsheet blocks and controls the lateral movement of the boom and mainsail.
Mast ...
Mainsheet- Line attached to the main boom that controls the mainsail.
Marlinspike- A pointed instrument used in splicing.
Mast- The vertical spar or pole supportiung boom and sails.
Mainsheet Trimmer: A device that controls the position and shape of the mainsail, the large triangular sail behind the mast.
Mast: The vertical spar that holds up the sails.
mainsheet traveler or horse - A mainsheet traveler is frequently used in small boats, and for racing craft in large yachts as well.
MAINSHEET-The line that controls the mainsail.
MASTHEAD-Top of the mast.
MOOR-To secure a vessel to an object such as a dock or buoy.
The mainsheet leads to a self-tailing Lewmar 44 (as on the boat I tested; Meissner winches are also fitted) at the aft starboard end of the crowned cabintop and at the helmsman's reach.
The mainsheet is attached to the boom, and is used to control the mainsail. In a rig with no boom on the mainsail, the mainsheet would attach directly to the mainsail clew.
Mainsheet - The line that controls the angle of the mainsail in its relation to the wind.
Make Fast - To attach a line to something so that it will not move.
Make Way - Moving through the water.
Mainsheet - a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.
Mast - A vertical pole that raises from the deck to support the rigging and sails.
a device that the mainsheet may be attached to which allows its position to be adjusted
Trim
to adjust the sails, also the position of the sails ...
Mainsheet: the line used to control lateral position and movement of the mainsail.
Mast: vertical pole or spar that supports the sails and boom.
Masthead: the top of the mast.
Port: the left side of the boat as you face forward.
to fasten or secure a line, spar, piece of rigging, or boat to another object mainsail (main) (mains'l) The largest regular sail on a boat, which is attached to the mast, and often referred to as the main mainsheet The line for controlling ...
If you run aground while close-hauled, let go the mainsheet, put the helm hard over and try to back her off with the jib, at the same time using a boathook or oar to try to shove her into deep water.
Mainsheet - the line that controls the boom
marlinespike -- a pointed metal tool for separating the strands of a rope in splicing
Mast step Fitting or construction into which the base of the mast is placed.
To stop any violent swinging of the boom, you must center the boom by pulling all the way in on the mainsheet. A good time to center the boom is when you shout Prepare to Jibe! Your crew responds Ready! ...
A post in a sailboat's cockpit, to which the mainsheet and other sail controls are led.
barometer, aneroid barometer, barograph, the glass ...
The mainsheet is its sheet.
A jib is the sail set between the forwardmost mast and the headstay.
A headstay is a line of wire or steel rod that supports the mast and adjusts its bend.
Fairleads: Eyes or blocks that guide lines in a desired direction. Usually they are used for mainsheets and jibsheets on R/C Sailboats.
Foot: Bottom edge of sail.
Traveler - a device that the mainsheet may be attached to which allows its position to be adjusted
Trim - to adjust the sails, also the position of the sails
True wind: The actual direction from which the wind is blowing.
 See also: Sheet, Boat, Forward, Aft, Hull
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