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2. Guy (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   Guy (red arrow), controlling the spinnaker pole. A guy (probably from Dutch gei , " brail ") is a line ( rope ) attached to and intended to control the end of a spar on a sailboat. [ 1 ] On a modern sloop -rigged sailboat with a symmetric spinnaker , the spinnaker pole is the spar most commonly controlled by one or more guys.

3. Spinnaker pole - Wikipedia

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   The spinnaker pole is rigged to run from the base of the mast, [1] where there is a special fitting for attaching one end of the pole, out to windward over the side of the boat. There, one of the control lines of whichever sail it is to be used with is run through a fitting on the other end of the spinnaker pole. This allows for more precise ...

4. Guy-wire - Wikipedia

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   Guy (red arrow), controlling the spinnaker pole. The guys supporting a sailboat mast are called "standing rigging" and in modern boats are stainless steel wire rope. Guys are rigged to the bow and stern, usually as a single guy. Lateral guys attach to "chain plates" port and starboard attached to the hull.

5. Stays (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   "To stay" is also a verb: to bring the ship's head up to the wind (to point the bow upwind). [2] This is done in order to go about (to tack ; tacking is sometimes also called staying the vessel [ 3 ] ); the bow of the ship turns upwind, then continues turning until the wind comes over the other side.

6. Whipstaff - Wikipedia

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   [2]: p.173 The helmsman himself still usually did not stand on the topmost deck, but rather viewed what lay ahead of the ship through a small port or hatchway in the deck above him called a companion. To move the ship to port, the forward-facing helmsman pulled the top of the staff to his left and pushed the pole down and to the right; to move ...

7. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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   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

8. Shields (keelboat) - Wikipedia

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   A spinnaker of 360 sq ft (33 m 2) may be used. [6] The current Cape Cod production boat has, as standard equipment, a 4:1 boom vang, 8:1 backstay and a 4:1 mainsheet traveler. Optional equipment includes a bilge pump, spinnaker and launch basket, Cunningham, a digital compass and a boat trailer for ground transportation. [5]

9. Trapeze (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   In sailing, the trapeze is a wire that comes from a point high on the mast, usually where the shrouds are fixed, to a hook on the crew member's harness at approximately waist level. The position when extended on the trapeze is outside the hull , braced against it (or an extension of it outwards) with the soles of the feet, facing the masthead ...