- A
traveller is a part of the
rigging of a boat or ship that
provides a
moving attachment point for a rope, sail or yard to a
fixed part of the vessel....
- sheets: The
mainsheet is
attached to the boom, and is used to
control the mainsail. In a rig with no boom on the mainsail, the
mainsheet would attach...
- size of webs can vary significantly. Some
species build sheet webs with
mainsheets of up to one
square metre,
while some
species (e.g.
Cambridgea quadromaculata)...
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potentially inflicting injury or
knocking crew
members overboard. The
mainsheet or
traveller can also
inflict serious injury.
Uncontrolled jibes may also...
- ones
Topper sailors are
likely to
advance to, are
rigged with
centre mainsheets. In 2005 a
smaller 4.2 m2 sail was approved,
which can
optionally be used...
- then the
mainsheet has to try to
control both
horizontal and
vertical angles of the boom. When the boom is near the centerline, the
mainsheet is nearly...
- were
renamed the
Lichtenstein Family Field. The
school newspaper, The
Mainsheet, is
published in
print and online.
Online publication was
restarted at...
- The
design rules limit the
adjustable backstay, the boom vang and the
mainsheet to a
maximum of an 8:1
mechanical advantage. A jib is used, but a genoa...
-
depowered with a 6:1 downhaul, the mast rotator, 2:1
outhaul and a 7:1
mainsheet. Downwind, the boat is
pitchpole resistant (not “proof”) and a bit underpowered...
-
leech tension, and
therefore sail twist, are the
mainsheet, the boom vang and the traveler. The
mainsheet pulls the boom (and
therefore the foot of the sail)...
