PACESHIP CRUISING YACHT Maintenance Manual - page 4
GOOSENECK. A metal fitting, normally a universal Joint securing boom to mast.
GUDGEON - An eye fitting to hold pintles of a rudder.
HALYARD - Rope or wire used to raise sails.
HEAD . Upper corner of sail.
HEADSTAY - Usually the forward stay, sometimes called forestay.
HELM - The tiller or wheel used to steer a boat.
HIKE-To climb or lean out to windward to countered excessive heeling.
HIKING STRAPS. Straps which run fore and aft in a daysailer to confine the toes of a person hiking
outboard.
JIB - A triangular sail set forward of the mast.
LUFF - The forward edge of a fore and aft sail.
MAINSAIL - The triangular fore and aft sail set on the aft side of the main mast.
MAINSHE ET - The rope by which a boom or sail is pulled in or slacked off, usually through a system of
blocks.
MAST - A vertical spar supporting sails and rigging.
MIZZEN-A small aft mast on a yawl or ketch.
OUTHAUL A line used to secure the clew of a sail.
PINTLE - A metal pin like fitting allowing a rudder to swing.
RAIL - The outer edge of the deck.
RAKE - The inclination of a m3st from the vertical.
RIGGING . The wires and ropes of a boat running sets or trims the sails, Standing rigging is permanently
secured rigging.
ROLLER REEFING - A device for rolling the mainsail onto the boom, in order to shorten the sail.
SHEAVE - A wheel in a block.
SHROUDS - Wires supporting the mast.
SPREADER. A horizontal strut to which shrouds or stays are attached, to support the mast and spread
the rigging.
SWAGE - A means of attaching terminals to wire rigging.
TOPPING LIFT - A line running from the backstay to support the boom when the boat is moored.
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