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Most smaller boats use the Bermuda rig, which has two or three sets of 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 directly to the mainsail clew. A mainsheet is a line connected to the boom which allows a sailor to control the speed of a boat.
1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle
Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support and control a sailing ship or sail boat's masts and sails. Standing rigging is the fixed rigging that supports masts including shrouds and stays .
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
2. A rope attached to the side of a sail to pull it towards the bow (for keeping the windward edge of the sail steady). [2] 3. A rope attached to the foresail to hold it aback when tacking. [2] 4. "Sailing on a bowline" means sailing to weather close-hauled. bowman The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow. bowpicker
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Stanchions and velvet rope. A stanchion (/ ˈ s t æ n tʃ ən /) is a sturdy upright fixture that provides support for some other object. [1] It can be a permanent fixture. In nautical terms, the stanchion is the thick and high iron that with others equal or similar is placed vertically on the gunwale, stern and tops.
It is attached either at the very top of the mast, or in fractional rigs between about 1/8 and 1/4 from the top of the mast. The other end of the forestay is attached to the bow of the boat. [1] [2] Often a sail is attached to the forestay. This sail may be a jib or a genoa.