- to as
tacking up, and
involves putting the
tack equipment on the horse. A room to
store such equipment,
usually near or in a stable, is a
tack room. Saddles...
-
right amount of luff tension. An
essential component of this rig is the
tack tackle, a
purchase with
which luff
tension is
adjusted for
various points of...
- windl**** is
below the
tack of the
foresail and the
tackle at the foot of the forestay. In
striking the gear, the
foresail tack tackle had to be cast off...
- The
tack of a square-rigged sail is a line
attached to its
lower corner. This is in
contrast to the more
common fore-and-aft sail,
whose tack is a part...
-
force from the
opposite side of the vessel. It
stands in
contrast with
tacking,
whereby the
sailing craft turns its bow
through the wind. In this maneuver...
-
manufacture of
tacks by hand. This
process was
exceedingly slow and tedious, and his
first machine, made and
patented in 1806, was a
mechanical tack-maker, which...
-
Shuttle arrives, and the
Decepticons are
thwarted yet again. 15 "Mach and
Tackle" "Mahha to Takkuru" (マッハとタックル) July 18, 1989 (1989-07-18) A
large sinkhole...
-
raised and lowered.
tack 1. A leg of the
route of a
sailing vessel,
particularly in
relation to
tacking and to
starboard tack and port
tack. 2. Another name...
- to side.
Tacking from the port
tack (bottom) to the
starboard (top)
tack Beating to
windward on
short (P1),
medium (P2), and long (P3)
tacks A sailing...
-
Huntington Reed "
Tack"
Hardwick (October 15, 1892 – June 26, 1949) was an
American football player. He pla**** at the
halfback and end
positions for Harvard...
