Spreaders - struts used to hold the shrouds away from the mast
Starboard - the right side of the boat
Starboard tack - a course with the wind coming from starboard and the boom on the port side ...
Spreaders
The wooden or metal struts that are attached horizontally to the upper section of the mast, on both sides. They widen the angle of the shrouds, and thus provide a better support for the mast.
Stand-on vessel ...
Spreaders
Small spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.
Spreaders. Small spars extending toward the sides from one or more places along the mast. The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.
Cruising Guides ...
Spreaders - Also crosstrees. Short horizontal struts extending from the mast to the sides of the boat, changing the upward angle of the shrouds.
spreaders: struts attached to the mast to spread the shrouds also crosstrees. short horizontal struts extending from the mast to the sides of the boat, changing the upward angle of the shrouds.
The stay runs from the top of the mast forward over a short jumper strut, then down to the mast, usually at the level of the spreaders.
Keelson A structural member above and parallel to the keel.
top of the mast back wind To throw wind on the leeward side of a sail baggy Of a sail, to hang more or less slack from edges that are stretched taut baggy wrinkle Short lengths of old line matted together and placed on shrouds, spreaders, ...
which are lashed around chafe spots such as spreaders to prevent chafe on sails.
Bail - To remove water from the boat by hand, bucket, pump etc.
Bailers - Openings in the bottom or transom of a boat to drain water when sailing.
Shroud: - a line or wire running from the top of the mast to the spreaders, then attatching to the side of the vessel.
Skeg: For sailboats, usually refers to a structural support to which the rudder is fastened.
Hunter has been using swept spreaders for years, long before they caught on with the mainstream. But Hunter goes one step farther and sweeps the spreaders 35 degrees.
Many run over spreaders. Lower shrouds (lowers) connect below the lower spreaders, intermediate shrouds (intermediates) higher up, and upper shrouds (uppers, cap shrouds) connect to the mast at or near its top.
shrouds - Fixed lateral rigging of a mast. A line or wire running from the top of the mast to the spreaders, then attaching to the side of the vessel.
shy - The wind is said to shy when it comes from ahead or breaks a vessel off.
A metal fitting on the mast that the spreaders are attached to.
telltales ...
Horizontal members attached to the mast acting as spreaders for the shrouds
cruise
Pleasure trip on a yacht or ship ...
Baggywrinkle is the "scruffy-looking padding used on shrouds to prevent chafing. chafe against the spreaders or shrouds, wearing away the sail to the point where it could rip in a big blow.
Baggywrinkle:
Tassels of unraveled line, yarns, etc. which are lashed around chafe spots such as spreaders to prevent chafe on sails.
Bail:
To remove water from the boat by hand, bucket, pump etc.
A line or wire supporting a mast and running from its top to the spreaders, then down to the sides of the vessel. (back)
spar ...
Once the panels are sewn together, the sailmakers complete the sail by placing the finishing elements such as the leech and foot lines, protective patches in the areas where the sail will scrape against hardware (stanchions, spreaders), ...
The shrouds cross the end of the spreaders, enabling the shrouds to better support the mast.
SPRING TIDE: The tide with the most variation in water level, occurring during new moons and full moons.
Spreaders: Arms extending from the mast supporting shrouds (supporting cables).
Stand-On: To hold a boats course and speed.
Starboard: The right side of the boat when you are looking forward.
Stays: Lines that support the mast.
Spreaders: Synonym for crosstrees, horizontal structures that branch off the mast towards the sides of a vessel to control the angle of the shrouds
Springtides: Tides with the maximum difference between highest and lowest water level ...
Spreaders - Struts used to hold the shrouds away from the mast spring line.
Spring line - Docking lines that keep the boat from drifting Fore (forward) and (Aft) back while docked.
spreaders -- small spars between the mast and shrouds
spring line -- a line tied between two opposing forces that has a neutralizing effect on the force vectors, such as those creating by surge.
 See also: Spreader, Boat, Hull, Aft, Forward
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