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2. Derrick - Wikipedia

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   A guy derrick (also known as boom derrick) is a fixed guyed mast derrick that can be rotated and connected to a boom. The mast is in upright position with the base that can make the mast rotate, but not lean in any direction. The top of the mast is connected to many guy wires which are anchored to the ground to support the load.

3. Rigging - Wikipedia

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   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. Running rigging is rigging which adjusts the position of the vessel's sails and spars including halyards, braces, sheets and ...

4. Stays (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   is a kind of substitute nearly parallel to the principal stay, and intended to help the principal stay to support its mast triatic stay is a stay that runs between masts. On a ketch it runs between the main mast and the head of the mizzen mast and is used to stop the upper section of the mizzen mast being pulled backwards.

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

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   2. Any contraposing float rigging beyond the side of a vessel to improve the vessel's stability. 3. A thin, long, solid hull used to stabilize the inherently unstable main hull of an outrigger canoe or a sailboat. 4. A variety of structures projecting from a keelboat by which the running rigging may be attached outboard of the hull. 5.

6. Shroud (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   On a sailing boat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side. There is frequently more than one shroud on each side of the boat. Usually a shroud will connect at the top of the mast, and additional shrouds might connect partway down the mast, depending on the design of the boat.

7. Running rigging - Wikipedia

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   Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit. Running rigging varies between vessels that are rigged fore and aft and those that are square-rigged.

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9. Rig (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   Rigging of a sailing frigate. A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging. [1] Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. [2] A rig may be broadly categorized as "fore-and-aft", "square", or a combination of both. Within the fore-and-aft category there is a variety of triangular and quadrilateral sail ...