-
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...
- 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...
- a
result of the
conic mast, the
clew will move up the less sail that exposed. As a
result of the mast
taper the
clew will end up
higher and
higher the...
-
minimize friction. For
larger angles a
block or
pulley is used as a
fairlead to
reduce friction.
Where the
line is
removed from a hook
fairlead before...
- Cahernamart) is a town in
County Mayo in Ireland. It is at the south-east
corner of
Clew Bay, an
inlet of the
Atlantic Ocean on the west
coast of Ireland. Westport...
-
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...
-
outhaul runs from the sail
clew through a
turning block along the
inside of the boom and out
through another turning block at the fore end of the boom...
- 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...
