Cruising Rigs and Rigging |
Common terms and phrases
aboard aloft anchor angle awning battens bobstay bolt boom vang bottom bowsprit bronze cap shrouds carried chafe chainplates cleat clew cockpit Courtesy Yachtspars cringle cruiser cruising boat cutter Dacron deck dinghy downhaul feet foot foreguy forestay forward furled gaff gaff-rigged galvanized gear genoa gooseneck halyard winch handle hauling headsail hoisted hole inches inside installed ketch lashing leech length lower luff luff spar main boom mainmast mainsail mainsheet mast masthead mizzen Norseman outhaul pendant permanent backstay piece pole poured sockets pull Ralph Naranjo photo reef points roller roller-furling rope running backstays sail sailboat sailmaker sailor schooner shackled sheave sheet ship side slacked slides spinnaker splice stainless steel standing rigging starboard stay staysail stowed strain swage tack tackle terminal fitting topping lift topsail track trysail turnbuckles vang vessel weight White Squall winch wind windward wire halyard wooden yachtsmen yawl