-
square sail design—it is the arc of a
circle above a
straight line from
clew to clew at the foot of a
square sail, from
which sail
material is omitted. The...
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Henry Clews (August 14, 1834 –
January 31, 1923) was a British-American
financier and author. He was an
economic advisor to President Ulysses S. Grant...
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Charles Clews (September 27, 1919 –
January 29, 2009) was a
Maltese comic actor and
script writer.
Clews was one of the
first contributors to the local...
- chain) used
to control the
movable corner(s) (
clews) of a sail. In
nautical usage the term "sheet" is
applied to a line or
chain attached to the
lower corners...
- used in
sailing small craft, for
example to fasten a
halyard to the head of a sail or
to tie a jib
sheet to a
clew of a jib. The
bowline is well
known as...
- "Here
comes Cape Horn!" said the
chief mate; and we had
hardly time
to haul
down and
clew up,
before it was upon us. In a few moments, a
heavier sea was raised...
- in
rugby union during the 1970s. Born in Adelaide,
South Australia,
Clews moved to Canberra with his
family and
gained a re****tion as a
promising young...
- two
to three pairs.
Pulling these points down to the boom
forms a new tack and
clew,
reducing the sail's area.
Using the pair of
grommets closest to the...
- (downwind) line is
called the sheet. It
attaches to the
clew of the
spinnaker and is used
to control the
shape of the sail. The
spinnaker pole must be...
-
because he
believed Daedalus gave Minos's daughter, Ariadne, a
clew (or ball of string) in
order to help
Theseus escape the
labyrinth and
defeat the Minotaur...
