Sheet (sailing)
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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.
Sheet: - piece of line fastened to the sail and ran thu blocks used to position relative to the wind.
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Sheet Bend
Ship
Generally referred to a three-masted vessel. Also, to attach or erect.
sheet
Line used to trim a sail.
side console
A dash-panel unit affixed to the side of a boat. If only one, helm controls are affixed to it.
Sheet: A line controlling the position of a sail, attached to a lower corner of a sail, or attached to the boom.
Spar: Any pole in the rigging of a boat. A lug- rigged sailing dinghy has three: the mast, yard, and boom.
sheet home - To strain or haul on a sheet until the foot of a sail is as straight or taut as it can be got. When the clew of a gaff topsail is hauled close out to the cheek block on the gaff.
Sheet - a line used to control the sail
Shrouds - support wires for the mast
Spinnaker - a large, light sail used in downwind sailing ...
Sheet
Rope or line attached to the boom or corner of a sail, the lateral movement of which it controls. Named after the sail it serves, i.e. mainsheet, jib and spinnaker sheets.
Shroud ...
Sheet- A line used to control the trim of a sail.
Shorten- To reef a sail, or drop a sail. To reduce sail area on a boat.
Shroud- A wire cable used as standing or permanent, rigging to support the mast.
Sheet: A line that controls sails and adjusts their angle of attack and their trailing edge.
Sheet - a line connected to the sails that controls and adjusts their angle to the wind.
Shroud - a fixed, immovable line that secures the masts to the sides of the ship. (See also Stay.) ...
Sheet BendA knot used to join two ropes. Functionally different from a square knot in that it can be used between lines of different diameters.
ShipA larger vessel usually used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
SHEET: adjusts a sail's angle to the wind.
SHEET BEND: A knot used to join two ropes. Functionally different from a square knot in that it can be used between lines of different diameters.
Sheet Rope or chain at lower corner of sail for regulating its tension.
Shroud Standing rigging that supports a mast Athwartships.
Skeg A fixed vertical fin on the after side of which the rudder is attached.
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Lines leading aft from the clew of a square sail or to the boomkin from the clew of a lateen sail.
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 used to pull the mainsail in or let it out.
Mast ...
Mainsheet Trimmer: Controls the position and shape of the mainsail, the large triangular sail behind the mast.
Mark: A buoy used to mark the racecourse.
Mast: The vertical spar that holds up the sails.
Jib Sheet :
The lines that lead from the clew of the jib to the cockpit and are used to control the jib.
Jib Stay:
The stay that the jib is hoisted on. Usually the headstay.
Lazy sheet
A line attached to a sail but not currently in use. The line currently in use is known as the working sheet. The working and lazy sheets usually change when the boat is tacked.
ease sheet
To let a sheet out, slowly loosening a line while maintaining control.
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Time Sheet
Statement, drawn-up by the ship's agent at the loading and discharging ports, which details the time worked in loading and discharging the cargo together with the amount of laytime used.
Double Sheet Bend: This knot is used to tie together two lines of the same or different size.
working sheet
The sheet that is currently taught and in use to control a sail. The opposite of the lazy sheet.
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Sheet in the main sail tight. You're already going upwind so you may just have to give the main sheet a few turns on the winch.
Sheet -- The rope by which the clew of a sail is secured.
Snotter -- An eye strop used to support the heel of a sprit.
Spitfire jib -- The smallest storm jib.
Sheet Bend (also known as Becket Bend): Used to join two lines of two different sizes together, this knot is easy to untie after being under load.
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Sheets: -Lines used to control the position of a sail.
Shrouds Lateral supports for the mast, usually of wire or metal rod.
Ship - A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
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".
The sheet that is currently taught and in use to control a sail. The opposite of the lazy sheet.
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JIB SHEET-The line leading from the lower aft end of the jib to the cockpit and by which the set of the jib is controlled.
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 jib sheets (the lines that adjust the jib in and out) are now attached to the clew with either a fastening (if provided) or better, a bowline and led through their proper "leads" (blocks, or pulleys, that adjust the trim angle of the jib), ...
To ease a sheet a short distance. Compare with pay out and let fly, lose.
level racing, class racing
Competition between sailboats of the same class or rating.
Release main sheet, rig boom to port side, pull main sheet snug.
Engine Start
Occasionally check oil by removing engine top cover to find dip stick.
Choke on. Start engine, warm up, choke off.
Jib Sheet: consists of two lines connected to the clew of the jib and lead along each side of the boat to the cockpit.
Keel: the major longitudinal part of a hull.
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 ...
Sheet
A sheet is a rope that adjusts a sail's angle to the wind. A topping lift raises or lowers the outer end of the boom or pole. The fore-and-aft rig position of the poles is controlled.
Ship ...
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.
Jib: The triangular sail in front of the foremast, in front of the main sail
Jib sheets: Lines that allow you to trim the jib
Jumper Stay: A short stay that supports the mast
Jumbo: The largest headsail in use on a boat ...
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.
responding to our sheet anchor, was only used in extreme danger, and was hence peculiarly termed l�pa or sacra, whence the proverb sacram anchoram solvere, as flying to the last refuge.
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.
Barber Hauler, A line attached to the jib or jib sheet, used to adjust the angle of sheeting by pulling the sheet toward the centerline of the boat.
The bowline is used to tie sheets to sails. Breakers A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it.
SHEET PLYWOOD is the simplest wood planking method. STITCH-N-GLUE is a simplified sheet plywood method which eliminates the use of stems and chines, thus avoiding the "fairing" required in conventional plywood construction.
Also applied to the sheet metal or wood sheathing in quarters and storerooms. CEILING, FLOOR Planking fitted on top of the floors or double bottom in the cargo holds.
Bail: Ironrod partially circling the boom to which sheet block is attached 2 To remove water from a boat, as with a bucket or a pump.
Baggywrinkle: chafing gear made from old ropes.
Self-tacking - Normally applied to a sail that requires no adjustment other than sheeting when boat is tacked ...
tang: a fitting, often of sheet metal, used to attach standing rigging to a spar, or to the hull.
sheetLine used to trim a sail. shroudMast support rigging, usually a wire, that runs from the mast to the side of the boat. side consoleA dash-panel unit affixed to the side of a boat. If only one, helm controls are affixed to it.
Sheets move sails in and out while halyards move sails up and down.
The mainsail is the larger sail that sits behind the mast.
The mainsheet is its sheet.
A jib is the sail set between the forwardmost mast and the headstay.
Main sheet: Line that controls the position of the mainsail.
Make Fast: To attach a line to something so that it will not move.
Make Way: Moving through the water.
Marconi rig: Lightweight mast supported by stays and shrouds.
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! ...
Ease: To let out... as in ease a sheet. (line)
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.
Dorys are sharp-ended boats made from sheets of wood or aluminum. They cut the water well, but tip easily.
Prams are like wide dorys with flat bows. They don't tip and carry a lot of cargo, but don't cut the water well.
Steel hull - Hulls of sheet steel or steel alloy, not those with steel ribs and wood, canvas, or plastic hull coverings.
Steel Hull - Those hulls of sheet steel or steel alloy. Does not include those with steel ribs and wood, canvas or plastic hull coverings.
 See also: Boat, Sail, Hull, Sailing, Forward
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