- need for the bolt
rope not to
affect the
degree of
slack on the
leech (trailing edge) of a sail. He
further emphasized that the
rope must
retain its original...
- to the
topmost corner.
Leech – The aft (back) edge of a fore-and-aft sail is
called the
leech (also
spelled leach). The
leech is
either side edge of a...
- leeboard.
leech The aft or
trailing edge of a fore-and-aft sail, the
leeward edge of a spinnaker, or a
vertical edge of a
square sail. The
leech is susceptible...
-
fashioned from
rope. In the 19th
century this was
commonly referred to as Manilla, a
reference to the
origin of much good
quality rope. Traditionally...
-
Master 4 or
Puppet Master 5.
Leech Woman's
power is her
ability to
vomit poisonous leeches. In
addition to her
leeches, she
wields a
small knife. She...
- from the mast to the
leach of a sail. A
partial batten extends from the
leech partway to the mast.
Battens enable the
mainsail to
project ****her away...
- to the
leech (outer
vertical edges) of a sail and
serve to pull the
leech both in and up when furling.
Shaping –
Bowlines run from the
leech forward...
- is no
larger than 100% of the foretriangle. A
genoa is larger, with the
leech going past the mast and
overlapping the mainsail. To
maximize sail area...
- A
snotter is a
rope or
tackle used in
sailing to
tension the
sprit on a spritsail, or a
sprit boom on a sprit-boomed sail by
pulling the
lower end towards...
- Brails, in a
sailing ship, are
small lines used to haul in or up the
edges (
leeches) or
corners of sails,
before furling. On a ship rig,
these brails are most...
