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The sock is a long fabric tube with a ring in one end to hold it open. Since the spinnaker is stored in the sock, the first step is to set up the sock. Two lines are attached to the sock; one is attached to a bridle on the ring, for pulling the sock down, and one is up the inside, from the ring, through the top, and back down, for raising the ...
Demers has stated that the series is inspired by his own teenage job at a Play It Again Sports store, so that the show essentially represents what his own life might have been like if he had stayed in that job instead of moving on to pursue other dreams.
Guy (red arrow), controlling the spinnaker pole. A guy (probably from Dutch gei, "brail") is a line 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.
One More Time... [d] is the ninth studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released on October 20, 2023 through Columbia Records.The album marks the return of guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge following his departure from the band in 2015.
Several key mistakes could throw off the accuracy of blood pressure readings for people who take them at home. The average "normal" blood pressure is 120/80, according to the American Heart ...
Date Artist Title Written by Produced by UK Chart US Chart AUS Chart Album 03 Mar 1986 The Three Degrees "This is the House" Stock, Aitken, Waterman
A demonic California dad has been arrested for allegedly beheading his 1-year-old son Friday in an early-morning frenzy of violence that also injured his wife and her mother, according to police.
A symmetrical spinnaker has two sheets, an "active" one and a "lazy" one, in the same way as a jib, but they are attached to the sail's two separate clews. On boats larger than around thirty feet, the spinnaker will also be fitted with guys, which are similar to sheets but control the pole instead of the sail. On smaller boats the lazy sheet is ...