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Modern sails may come with a
standard leech line (
leech control) that runs
under the back edge of the mainsail. This
line is
usually fixed at the head of the...
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Leeches are
segmented parasitic or
predatory worms that
comprise the
subclass Hirudinea within the
phylum Annelida. They are
closely related to the oligochaetes...
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achieves a
better approximation of a wing form by
extending the
leech aft,
beyond the
line between the head and clew in an arc
called the roach,
rather than...
- jib is no
larger than the 100% foretriangle. A
genoa is larger, with the
leech going past the mast and
overlapping the mainsail. To
maximize sail area...
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freshwater leech in the
family Haemopidae. It is
commonly called the horse-
leech, but that is due to the
similarity of its
appearance to the
leech Limnatis...
- the
Leech is the
tenth studio album by the
British grindcore band
Napalm Death,
released in 2002
through Spitfire.
Although credited in the
line-up, Jesse...
- The
Leech Lake
Reservation (Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag in the
Ojibwe language) is an
Indian reservation located in the north-central
Minnesota counties of...
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control lines (ropes) on the boom act in
conjunction with the
halyard and
leech line to
ensure that the sail is
trimmed most effectively. Two
primary sail...
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Lorentzian unimodular lattice II_25,1 used to
construct the
Leech lattice.)". The On-
Line Encyclopedia of
Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved...
- The
Leech River Fault extends across the
southern tip of
Vancouver Island in
British Columbia, Canada,
creating the
distinctively straight, narrow, and...