Horse/traveler-Metal or rope traveler to sheet a sail.
Flemish Coil-A flat neat concentric coiling of rope.
Cleat - A wood or metal fitting with two horn around which ropes are made fast.
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.
traveler
A track or rod with an attached block, allowing more controlled adjustment of a sail's sheet. The traveler allows better control of the sail's shape.
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Traveler
A bar with an attached block, allowing more controlled adjustment of sail trim.
Traveler: A metal ring that moves freely back and forth on a rope, rod, or spar, often used for sheet blocks, in which case the transverse rod the traveler slides on is called a horse.
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 ...
Traveler
A track (usually metal) with a fixture sliding on it. The fixture holds the main sheet (usually), and the sliding allows for changing angles of the sail.
Trimmer ...
Traveler strap
Stainless steel strap made to form a loop that is mounted to the forward upper corner of the rudder head. Attachment point for the lower mainsheet block.
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Traveler - A fitting across the boat to which sheets are led, which looks like a fitting, to anchor a sheet, traveling on a rail.
traveler
An athwartships track with an adjustable block (the car) that controls the athwartships set of a sail.
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Traveler - A fitting across the boat to which sheets are led. In many boats the traveler may be adjusted from side to side so that the angle of the sheets can be changed to suit conditions.
Trim - Fore and aft balance of a boat.
The traveler, mounted on the coachroof forward of the dodger, leads to the port side with its own rope clutch. There are three clutches to port, and five to starboard.
Naturally, travelers can plan their trips with a land, tourist or road map, and farmers can see the boundaries of their fields on a farm map. For boaters, the nautical chart is vital tool.
Main Features of a Nautical Chart ...
Horse/traveler-Metal or rope traveler to sheet a sail.
hull The main body of the boat, not including the deck,mast or cabin.
Often used as boom travelers and for spinnaker down hauls.
Bulkhead An interior partition commonly used to stiffen the hull. May be watertight.
The floor on a boat deck beams Athwartships members that support the deck; their outer ends usually rest on the clamps deck horse, boom horse, or traveler A metal rod (or track) bolted to the deck upon which a ring (or car) of a ...
It will be seen that the mast in two pieces, the topmast sliding up and down the lower mast on two wrought iron rings or travelers. The halyards are sometimes made fast to the lower traveler and sometimes to the upper.
hits, the apparent wind goes aft causing more heeling and less drive and changing the angle of incidence-the angle the apparent wind makes with the sails-so that the sails are now improperly trimmed unless you head up or ease the sheets or traveler.
Other circumstances can cause a sail to twist. Controls such as the cunningham, boom vang, outhaul, traveler, halyards, leech line, sheets, and the bend of the mainmast all can affect sail shape. Also see sail trim.
The rule on a cat is that one starts de-powering the main sail using the traveler, because it has a very wide span, and it can be let go very quickly. Other than that, usually, on a 40ft., you should put the first reef at around 20kts.
Traveler - An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon. May be attached to the mainsheet which allows its position to be adjusted.
Trim - To adjust the sails. Also means the position of the sails.
Even the later Chinese encyclopedist Song Yingxing (1587-1666) and the 17th century European traveler Louis Lecomte would write of the junk design and its use of the rudder with enthusiasm and admiration.[4] ...
In most nations, riverboats are tourist attractions. In a few countries, such as China, riverboats provide authentic passenger and cargo transport something a traveler (as opposed to a tourist) would consider for transport.
Traveler: a slide running across the boat and to which the lower block of the mainsheet is attached. Used to change the trim of the mainsail by adjusting the slide position.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Sheet, Forward, Cockpit
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