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...
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sails. Standing rigging is the fixed rigging that supports masts including shrouds and stays. Running rigging is rigging which adjusts the position of the...
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the sails. This term is used in contrast to running rigging, which represents the moveable elements of rigging which adjust the position and shape of the...
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dictionary. In maritime transport and sailing, jury rigging is making temporary makeshift running repairs with only the tools and materials on board....
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Sailing ship (section Running rigging)
standing rigging to support the masts and running rigging to raise the sails and control their ability to draw power from the wind. The running rigging has...
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which they are attached. Standing rigging, the rigging that supports masts on sailing vessels. Running rigging, the rigging that is used to adjust the position...
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Halyard (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
English unit of measure "yard". Halyards, like most other parts of the running rigging, were classically made of natural fibre like manila or hemp. A square...
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Sail (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
Tri-radial The lines that attach to and control sails are part of the running rigging and differ between square and fore-and-aft rigs. Some rigs shift from...
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Deadeye (redirect from Bull's eye (rigging))
A deadeye is an item used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships. It is a smallish round thick wooden (usually lignum vitae)...
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single-strand stopper knot and is tied in the ends of tackle falls and running rigging, unless the latter is fitted with monkey's tails. It is used about...
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the free dictionary. A deadeye is an item used in the standing and running rigging of traditional sailing ships. Deadeye or dead eye may also refer to:...
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Sailing ship accidents (section Rigging)
the parting of a single line to the whole destruction of the rigging, and from running aground to fire. The sailboat is particularly vulnerable to capsizing...
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Belaying pin (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
device used on traditionally rigged sailing vessels to secure lines of running rigging. Largely replaced on most modern vessels by cleats, they are still...
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Mast (sailing) (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
secondary in terms of canvas size, although large enough to require full running rigging. In late antiquity, the foremast lost most of its tilt, standing nearly...
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Topping lift (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
line which applies upward force on a boom on a sailboat. Part of the running rigging, topping lifts are primarily used to hold a boom up when the sail is...
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purpose of which is to prevent unreeving. It is found in the ends of running rigging. It secures the end of a sewing thread; it provides a handhold or a...
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version is available which includes a battened Mylar sail and upgraded running rigging. The Ocean Play manufactured Pico uses a vertical battened dacron sail...
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keelboat, "outrigger" refers to a variety of structures by which the running rigging (such as a sheet) may be attached outboard (outside the lateral limits)...
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Tarring (rope) (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
which was typically used for standing rigging, requires tarring. Manila and cotton ropes were used for running rigging and were not tarred as this would make...
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mainbrace was the longest line in of all the running rigging. It was common to aim for the ship's rigging during naval battles. If the mainbrace was shot...
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course, the sails on a square rigger are adjusted with the vessel's running rigging, using braces sheets. Only the jibs, staysails and the spanker need...
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wood About 220 points of running-rigging About 250 simple-blocks, double-blocks and triple-blocks 4500 m of running-rigging in polyamide rope Sails Number...
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Outhaul (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
outhaul is a control line found on a sailboat. It is an element of the running rigging, used to attach the mainsail clew to the boom and tensions the foot...
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around via the yardarms through the wind as controlled by the vessel's running rigging, using braces—adjusting the fore and aft angle of each yardarm around...
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axe or chisel. Rigging: standing rigging (either "stays" or shrouds") are the wire cables or rods that support the mast(s). Running rigging are the ropes...
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schooner, wishbone, catboat. Sailboats employ standing rigging to support the rig, running rigging to raise and adjust sails, cleats to secure lines, winches...
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2017-06-21. "Volvo Ocean Race boats hit new peaks with Gottifredi Maffioli running rigging" (PDF). www.gottifredimaffioli.com. November 18, 2014. Equiplite. "EQUIPLITE...
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Junk rig (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
boom down towards the deck and if adjustable is considered running rigging. The running rigging controls the junk sail. The halyard raises the sail up the...
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Brig (category Sailing rigs and rigging)
complicated arrangement of cordage named the "running rigging". This is opposed to the standing rigging which is fixed, and keeps mast and other objects...
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Fly system (redirect from Rigging (theatre))
A fly system, or theatrical rigging system, is a system of ropes, pulleys, counterweights and related devices within a theater that enables a stage crew...
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