Whether rope is used for anchor line or mooring line, it is an important link between the boater and safety.
Hoisting rope: a special flexible wire rope used for lifting. It is generally six strands with 19 wires in each strand and in most cases having a hemp rope at the center.
Rope Storage
The effects of water, salt, sand and sun on rope fibers cause wear and tear, thereby reducing their strength. All ropes and lines must be protected from wear and tear and checked on a regular basis.
Rope Yarn
A thread of hemp, which twisted together with others forms a rope.
Rouse ...
rope - 1 - Traditionally a line must be over 1 inch in size to be called a rope. 2 - In Naval terms, a rope is a steel cable casing with a synthetic or natural fiber core.
Rope: Material used to make lines and ropework. You might say, "Bring me a piece of rope from the boathouse to replace this line."
Run: To sail downwind, or nearly so. The wind is coming over the stern.
RopeIn general, cordage as it is purchased at the store. When it comes aboard a vessel and is put to use, it becomes a line.
RudderA vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
ROPE CUTTER: 1. A tool used to cut rope. 2. A device attached to the prop shaft which cuts through ropes, plastic bags, nets, and other materials that may get tangled in the prop.
RUDDER: A vertical plate or board for steering a boat.
Rope Formulas
It is important to understand the breaking strength of different types of line. The table below illustrates the maximum load a line can safely hold.
rope - Any form of cordage; line; may be braided or twisted strands.
round, to - To bring by the wind. To come up head to wind.
round turn - Part of a knot; a turn of line around an object.
Bolt Rope - a rope sewn into the luff of a sail for use in attaching to the standing rigging
Boom - the horizontal spar which the foot of a sail is attached to
Boom Vang - a line that adjusts downward tension on the boom ...
Bolt rope
Rope attached to the luff and foot of the mainsail so that the sail can be fed into the mast or boom.
Boom ...
Bolt rope A strong rope/cable sewn round the edge of sails to give strength and prevent tearing.
Boom A spar for many purposes, such as to stretch out the foot of a fore and aft sail.
Bolt rope- The line sewn into the edge of a sail.
Boom- The bar to which the bottom, or foot, of the sail is attached. Boom jack is the tackle rigged to the boom to allow downward pressure.
Bell Rope:
A short piece of line spliced into the end of the clapper by which the bell is struck. Traditionally it is finished off with a double wall knot crowned in its end.
Bolt Rope
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To which material is sewn going around the edges of the sail to create the Leech.
breast rope
The mooring rope or anchor warp that is used on yachts and cruisers
bridge ...
Rope sewn to the edge of a sail to give it shape and strength and to allow it to be fed into a grooved headstay or mast. The boltrope is the only true "rope" afloat, because all other lengths of cordage in use on a boat are referred to as "lines".
A rope ladder.
Jam Cleat
A cleat designed to hold a line in place without slipping. It consists of two narrowing jaws with teeth in which the line is placed. Also see cam cleat.
A rope or chain for raising or lowering a sail or flag
Hatch
An opening in a deck for passengers or cargo one with a sliding top is a "booby hatch".
A rope used for securing any movable object in place.
Latitude
Lines of latitude are used to measure distance north or south of the Equator. The Equator is 0º.
The rope is usually stored on the winch, but a similar machine that does not store the rope is called a capstan.
Bolt rope -- The rope sewn round the edges of sails. It is made of the best hemp.
Bonnet -- An extra piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail, taken off when it blows hard.
Braided rope has no preferred direction and often loops into figure eights naturally. This will also run out smoothly.
A large rope or cable -- usually more than 5 inches (13 centimeters) in diameter -- used to tow or moor a ship or secure it at a dock. (back)
head gear
heel ...
Line - A rope used aboard a ship.
List - A continuous leaning to one side, usually caused by an uneven distribution of weight in the hull.
Locker - A compartment for onboard stowage of articles.
Line - A rope in use aboard a vessel
Line of Position (LOP) - A single magnetic bearing from a stationary marker “Magnetic Bearing' (MB) is another term for LOP
List - Continuous leaning to one side ...
Guy: A rope used to adjust the position of a spinnaker pole.
Gybe: See Jibe.
Gooseneck: The mechanical device connecting the boom and the mast.
A series of rope clutches atop the cabin to either side of the companionway make for easy short-handed sailing.
Line: A rope in use aboard a vessel; laid line is formed by twisting three [sometimes four] strands; braided line may be single or braid over a core.
A sheet is a rope line which controls the tension on the downwind side of a square sail. If, on a three masted fully rigged ship, the sheets of the three lower course sails are loose, the sails will flap and flutter and are said to be "in the wind".
Line - a rope used as part of a ship's rigging. A rope is only a rope when it's just laying there coiled up not doing anything or attached to anything. (See also Sheet, Shroud and Stay.)
Midships - see "Amidships." ...
halyard: rope or wire used for hoisting sails. hanks: metal hooks used to secure a sail to a stay; to hank on a sail is to hook it on a stay using the hanks one of the fittings that attaches the luff of a headsail and a staysail to a stay.
A reinforcing rope along the luff or the foot of the sail, it is slid into a slot along the edge of a spar (mast, boom).
Bow
The front end of a boat.
Tiller Rope - A rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
Topping lift - A large, strong tackle employed to raise or top the end of a gaff, or of a boom.
JACOBS LADDER A rope ladder, lowered from the deck, as when pilots or passengers come aboard. JETTY A structure, usually masonry, projecting out from the shore; a jetty may protect a harbor entrance.
Jib netting
A rope net to catch the jib when it is lowered.
Jib sheet
A sheet used to control the position of the jib. The jib has two sheets, and at any time one is the working sheet and the other is the lazy sheet.
BEND : To attach a rope to an object e.g. bend on a sheet means to attach the sheet to the sail
BERTH: Sleeping bunk aboard the boat
BIGHT: The middle part of a rope between the load and the cleat or block.
Cable - (1) A strong rope or chain for pulling or securing anything, usually a ship's anchor. (2) A nautical measurement of distance, a tenth of a nautical mile, 100 fathoms, or approximately 200 yards ...
SERVE To wrap any small stuff tightly around a rope which has been previously wormed and parcelled. Very small ropes are not wormed.
This rope has nothing to do with painting but is used to "snare" a cleat on shore or alongside another boat. The French word "pantiere" means a noose. PEAK The upper aft corner of a gaff-headed sail. PENANT A pointed flag.
lanyard -- a short rope or cord that attaches to an item onboard a boat , usually for keeping it attached to the boat
latitude -- an angular measurement or distance measured in degrees, north or south from the equator which is 0 .
A large, strong rope used for mo0ring a ship; 2. A unit of length equaling 120 fathoms cam cleat A fitting that has interlocking teeth on springs (cam) instead of prong to secure a rope [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] can buoy A ...
Backslice- A method of weaving the end of a rope to keep it from unraveling.
Backstaff a navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse.
navigational aids, markers for moorings or underwater objects, or to support test or scientific gear CAPSTAN a revolving cylindrical device used for heaving in lines CAST OFF to let go a line; to leave a dock or anchorage CHAFING GEAR canvas, rope or ...
BIGHT - Open or closed loop in a line or rope.
BILGE - The lowest part of the ship's interior.
BITTER END - The inboard (free) end of a line or rope.
BOLLARD - Stout post on wharf or pier for securing mooring lines. ...
BECKETS - A loop or rope with a knot on one end and eye at the other used for confining ropes, tackle, oars, spars etc.
BELAY - To make fast the end of a rope temporarily by turning it round a cleat.
BELOW - Beneath the deck.
As the whole of the rigging is divided into standing and running, so a rope forming part of the rigging is divided into the " standing part " and the " fall." The standing part is that which is made fast to the mast, deck or block.
A rope may be adrift if comes out place.
Aft - At,near or towards the stern
After bow spring line- A mooring line fixed to the bow of the boat and leading aft where it is attached to the dock.
bight -- a loop in a rope -or- a bend in the shoreline
Bilge - the lowest part of a boat, designed to collect water that enters the boat
Binnacle -- compass stand
bitter end -- the final inboard end of chain or line ...
Capstan: Device to wind rope, for example to lift the anchor
Caribbean: The area between Florida and South America, including the Gulf of Mexico; among the World's most popular destinations for cruises ...
Topping lift A line or wire rope used to support the boom when a boat is anchored or moored.
Trampoline The fabric support that serves for searing between the hulls of a catamaran.
Bitter End: The last part of a rope or final link of chain. The end made fast to the vessel, as opposed to the "working end", which may be attached to an anchor, cleat, other vessel, etc.
Boat: Generic name for all water vessels.
Bight - The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.
Bilge - The interior of the hull below the floor boards.
Bitter End - The last part of a rope or chain.
Hitch -A knot used to secure a rope to another object or to another rope, or to form a loop or a noose in a rope.
Hoist - to raise aloft
Hold: - the space for cargo below the deck of the ship ...
HAWSER - Large strong rope or cable used for towing purposes and for securing or mooring ships.
HAZARDOUS CARGO - All substances of an inflammable, toxic or otherwise dangerous nature.
About 1in (25cm) from the eye, a small stick had been pushed between the strands of the rope. When the boom was not in use, this stick stopped the rope from pulling forwards out of the block, and kept the eye dangling from the aft side of the boom.
Keelhauling: A way of punishing sailors by tying them to a rope and dragging them across the bottom of the ship.
Very often the captain will choose to place a rope float near the houseboat’s stern and even another rope float near the wakeboard boat’s bow. Comment: reducing the W.L. to a 33% will reduce the rope diameter to 1/2'.
A rode (anchor rope) made of floating rope can't be cut by snags on the bottom. The traditional dinghy anchor is a mushroom, which does well in muddy bottoms. Folding grapnels weigh less and work in currents, but don't anchor quite as well in mud.
 See also: Boat, Line, Sailing, Wind, Anchor
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