mainsheet उदाहरण वाक्य

All on deck must be aware of, and if possible avoid, the potential arc of the boom, mainsheet and other gear in case an accidental jibe occurs during a run.
In the closing weeks of the century, Dawn Riley seemed destined to make sailing's year-end list as the most significant American woman ever to haul a mainsheet or spin a rudder.
"( Winning ) was not easy, " said Kiwi mainsheet trimmer Warwick Fleury, who became a team spokesman when Coutts and tactician Brad Butterworth decided to avoid the postrace news conference.
John Marshall, Conner's mainsheet trimmer on board " Liberty " in the'83 campaign, was given the job of design team coordinator essential during the testing and tuning phase.
Certain areas of the side-decks and maybe the cockpit also have to be strictly'no-go'to all crew depending on what the boom and mainsheet could do in unchecked full swing.

On the smallest boats, a sheet is often a simple rope, pulled by hand; on larger boats, usually on the mainsheet, it is often a system using several blocks to provide mechanical advantage.
Do not sail " by the lee " except for brief durations ( such as to avoid an obstacle ), and only when keeping all crew clear of the boom swing and the arc of the mainsheet sweep.
He started Cup sailing in 1983 as a 23-year-old mainsheet trimmer for the late Tom Blackaller on Defender, the team that lost the Challenger finals to Dennis Conner's ill-fated Liberty campaign.
The rig features a fractional asymmetric spinnaker; a self-tacking jib decreases the work load of the crew, making maneuvers more efficient and freeing the crew to take the mainsheet upwind and on two-sail reaches.
To the discordant sounds of halyards slapping against masts and sirens screeching down Storrow Drive last Wednesday, 11-year-old Brad Louw hauled in on the mainsheet, swung the tiller over and instructed me to shove off.