REEVE: To pass the end of a rope or line through a hole or aperture such as an eye, block or fairlead.
RIG: The arrangement of a boat's mast, sails and spars.
RIGGING: The general term for all the lines of a vessel.
RODE: The anchor line and/or chain.
reeve - Leeding a line through a block or other object.
relative bearing - A bearing relative to the boat or another object, rather than a compass direction.
reeve - To put a rope through a hole of any kind.
reeving - Rigging a halyard; leading a line gtrough a block and tackle.
relative bearing - Expressed in degrees, a direction in relation to the fore-and-aft line of a ship.
reeve, rove
To lead or pass a line through a block or eye. A line that has been led is rove.
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Reeve -- To pass a rope through a block or a hole of any kind.
Roach -- The curved part of the foot of a sail.
Rockered keel -- A keel whose ends curve upward.
REEVE - To pass a rope through a ring.
ROSTRUM - Spike on prow of warship for ramming.
ROWLOCK - Contrivance serving as a fulcrum for an oar.
Reeved - A line that is passed through a block or hole
Relative Bearing - Direction of an object or other boat in reference to the bow.
REEVE To thread a line through a block, fairlead or hole of any kind. RESORCINOL GLUE An adhesive made from resorcinol resin and formaldehyde. REVERSE CURVE A concave curve in the bottom at the chine.
Union Jack A small flag consisting solely of the union potion of a national flag, without the fly unlay To open up or separate the strands of a line unreeve To pull a rope out from any block or sheave unship To remove something from ...
axis of the ship PORT when facing forward, the left side of the vessel PORTHOLE circular openings in a ship's hull for ventilation and light QUARTER the part of a vessel forward of the stern and abaft of the beam RAIL top edge of bulwarks REEVE to ...
Pass a line: To reeve and secure a line.
Pass a stopper: To reeve and secure a stopper (hold a strain on a line while transferring it).
Reeve: (Past tense rove) To thread a line through blocks in order to gain a mechanical advantage, such as in a block and tackle.
SHEAVE-HOLE - A hole in a spar to reeve a rope through.
SHEET - A rope attached to the clews of a sail, by means of which the sail is trimmed to the wind.
SHIP - A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel.
- Commonly made to reeve through large blocks, thus: - Lay three fathoms of the.
Attach tack shackle to fore'ad chain plate, and clip Hanks onto forestay. Attach Jib halyard to jib head, use slack halyard to furl jib on foredeck. Reeve jib sheets outboard of the shrouds, through the jib sheet blocks, ...
Reeve Leading a line through a block or other object. Rhumb line A line that passes through all meridians at the same angle. When drawn on a Mercator chart, the rhumb line is a straight line.
 See also: Running, Block, Sailing, Rope, Mast
  
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