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2. Brace (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   A brace on a square-rigged ship is a rope (line) used to rotate a yard around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind. Braces are always used in pairs, one at each end of a yard ( yardarm ), [ 1 ] termed port brace and starboard brace of a given yard or sail (e.g., the starboard main-brace is the brace fixed to the ...

3. Guy (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   The afterguy, working guy, or simply guy and sometimes known as a brace is attached to the windward clew of the spinnaker, and runs through the jaws on the outboard end of the pole and back to the cockpit. The afterguy is used to rotate the outboard end of the pole around the mast in order to optimize the sail's effectiveness, depending on the ...

4. Yard (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   The two people higher up are working on the fore lower topsail yard. Here, the sails are bent only to the yards' quarters and the yardarms are very short. The yard exists to allow square sails to be set to drive the ship. The top edge of the sail is 'bent on' (attached) to the yard semi-permanently.

5. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   An arrangement for the chartering or hiring of a vessel, whereby the vessel's owner provides no crew or provisions as part of the agreement; instead, the people who rent the vessel are responsible for crewing and provisioning her. bare poles Sailing without any canvas raised, usually in a strong wind. barge 1.

6. Splice the mainbrace - Wikipedia

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   Braces are the lines that control the angle of the yards. On square-rigged ships, the mainbrace was the longest line in all of the running rigging . [ 1 ] It was common to aim for the ship's rigging during naval battles.

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

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   Also ship's magazine. The ammunition storage area aboard a warship. magnetic bearing An absolute bearing using magnetic north. magnetic north The direction towards the North Magnetic Pole. Varies slowly over time. maiden voyage The first voyage of a ship in its intended role, i.e. excluding trial trips. Maierform bow A V-shaped bow introduced in the late 1920s which allowed a ship to maintain ...

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