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- Halyards, like most other parts of the running rigging, were classically made of natural fibre like manila or hemp. A square rig sail with a halyard is...
- the peak halyard (or peak for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff, which is further from the mast, as opposed to the throat halyard that raises...
- rigging which adjusts the position of the vessel's sails and spars including halyards, braces, sheets and vangs. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh...
- Operation Halyard (or Halyard Mission), known in Serbian as Operation Air Bridge (Serbian: Операција Ваздушни мост, romanized: Operacija Vazdušni most)...
- Halyard, formerly Kimberly-Clark Health Care, now part of Owens & Minor, sells sterilization wrap, facial protection, gloves, protective apparel, surgical...
- the United States. Michele Halyard's mother had breast cancer when Halyard was a child, inspiring her medical career. Halyard graduated from Howard University's...
- sailing, the throat halyard (or throat for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the...
- hunting seat of Malcolm Canmore. With the establishment of the Roman Church, Halyards became the local residence of the Bishops of Dunkeld; it remained so until...
- "closer to the wind").[citation needed] The gaff is hoisted by two halyards: The throat halyard hoists the throat of the sail (the end closer to the mast) at...
- The Chalk Hills Academy (formerly Halyard High School, Barnfield West Academy and West Academy) is a Mixed secondary school and sixth form, part of Advantage...