-
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...
- 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...
-
Clews Competition Machines (CCM) is a
British motorcycle manufacturer based in Bolton, England. CCM was
founded in 1971 by Alan
Clews and
gained notability...
- metal, a flat thin
piece of
metal Sheet (sailing), a
line,
cable or
chain used to
control the
clew of a sail Sheet, Hampshire, a
village and
civil parish...
- 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...
- near the
clew of the sail. In
strong winds,
particularly when
sailing upwind, the
leach of the sail may
begin to flutter.
Tightening the
leach line will prevent...
-
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...
- the
line. The
bowline is
commonly 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
square sail or a spinnaker, the tack is the
windward clew (lower corner) and also the
line holding down that corner; when the
vessel changes course...
- Mark
Lindsay Clews (born 13
January 1952) is a
former Australian sportsman who
represented New
South Wales in
cricket and the
Australian Capital Territory...
