-
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...
-
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...
- 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...
- duty,
angle of the
fairlead determines the
depth of the sail,
height of the
clew,
leach tension and
other sail trim variables.
While fairleads are most frequently...
- 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...
-
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...
-
Because a
spinnaker has two
clews,
there is
always a
second line identical to the
afterguy attached to the
leeward clew of the spinnaker. This is called...
