Tuning - the adjustment of the standing rigging, the sails and the hull to balance the boat for optimum performance
Wake - the swell caused by a boat passing through water ...
12 Fine-tuning the revs: moving the tiller up increases the revs, and lowering the tiller decreases them.
13 A 1930s handbook advises time alone to learn the engine, so as to avoid embarrassment!
14 A Seagull should be wintered upright.
Specifically, on the Gib'Sea the rode travels under a stainless steel fitting that looks a little like a tuning fork, with the fork ends straddling the anchor roller to attach to the hull and the single portion attaching to the shroud.
Weather can change very rapidly and create unexpected situations. Monitor weather developments by tuning a VHF radio to one of the frequencies listed below:
VHF Frequencies Broadcasting NOAA Weather Reports
162.400 MHz ...
Coastal navigation using both GPS and compass
Charter boat operation
Preparing for live aboard life
Outboard motor tuning and maintenance
Advanced docking
Racing school
Catalina tune up clinic
Children's summer sailing camp program
Multihull sailing ...
Virtually all of these amendments can be described as fine-tuning rather than as basic changes.
The stays on a ship roughly form hoops of tension holding the masts up against the wind. Many ships have been "tuned" by tightening the rigging in one area, and loosening it in others. The tuning can create most of the stress on the stays in some ...
Backstay: A wire running from the top of the mast to the stern of the boat. The backstay stops the mast from falling forward and also helps to control the degree of mast bend when tuning a boat.
as it presents a flatter area to the breeze and, in addition, the gaff can be fitted with a vang to reduce twist. More important to the serious cruising sailor is that the gaff rig is simpler and cheaper to set up, less sensitive to bad tuning, ...
Trim of the Masts - Their position in regard to the ship and to each other, as near or distant, far forward or much aft, erect or raking.
Tuning - Adjustment of the standing rigging, ...
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