-
straight line from
clew to
clew at the foot of a
square sail, from
which sail
material is omitted. The
greater the
departure from the
straight line, the greater...
- batten, belay,
block, bo'sun, cleat,
clew, crew, hitch, lanyard, pinrail, purchase, trapeze, and trim. In a
typical hemp system, a "
line set" consists...
- is a
line (rope,
cable or 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...
- as a jib, the
line would be the sheet,
attached to the
clew. An
uphaul is a
line run from the
middle of the
spinnaker pole up to a
block on the mast, and...
- An
outhaul is a
control line found on a sailboat. It is an
element of the
running rigging, used to
attach the
mainsail clew to the boom and
tensions the...
- on a
square sail
design is the arc of a
circle above a
straight line from
clew to
clew at the foot of a
square sail,
which allows the foot of the sail...
-
sheet of a sail is
attached to a
traveller on the horse,
allowing the sail's
clew to be
positioned to
leeward on each tack,
thereby giving a more aerodynamically...
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- pull the
clew downwards towards the boom. The
sheet is
attached midway along the boom or at the free end,
typically by
means of a
block. The
block is typically...
- sail end.
Smaller boats tend to use only one
line on each
clew (a
combination guy and sheet). The
windward line that runs
through the jaw of the spinnaker...
