10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAINSHEET»
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mainsheet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mainsheet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Royce's Sailing Illustrated
The Force 5 board boat detailed page 84. uses a Harken hexaratchet block for its
mainsheet turn block, has a 1 7: 1 holding power under load, with a 180 degree
line return. If you can examine Olympic sailboat contenders. ..check for ...
2
Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-lease Players Saved ...
16. Mainsheet, Aug. 21, 1943. 17. Mainsheet, Sep. 4, 1943, and Oct. 9, 1943. 18.
Mainsheet, Oct. 16, 1943. 19. The Football News, op. cit. 20. Paul Scalera in
Baltimore Sun, Nov. 14, 1943. 21. Mainsheet, Oct. 23, 1943. 22. Mainsheet, Nov.
Even when the sail is small, the trim of the mainsail controls the helm of the boat;
the vang and mainsheet provide the panic button in hard reaching, and the size
and shape of the main provide a quick control of sail area, balance, and angle of
...
Changing leech tension is accomplished by trimming in, or easing the mainsheet.
Moving the mainsheet traveller athwartships together with mainsheet trim
provides additional control. Always remember that stretching any one side of the
sail ...
ADVANCED SABLING/Centre mainsheet techniques ill!* o E I 1 I ' y _c- o ro o> .-
•= -c ex jz . Centre mainsheet techniques 2 Helmsman and crew each place back
foot across boat. Helmsman revolves tiller extension over and aft to new ...
Phil Baines, Andrew Haslam, 2005
A guide to streamlining your traveler and mainsheet controls for easier handling
HE MAINSHEET SYSTEM is probably the most important sail control aboard any
boat. The sheet, blocks, sheaves, traveler and cleats can be configured in almost
...
Take mainsheet arrangements for example. You would think that such a
fundamental area would have been standardized by now, yet I counted half-a-
dozen different systems, each with advantages and disadvantages. The simplest
is typified ...
8
The Dinghy Bible: The Complete Guide for Novices and Experts
The tacking manoeuvre is relatively easy, but a perfect tack relies on HOW TO
TACK 30/31 lllG mainsheet lll illfi 881116 hand,. How to tack knowing how to
change over hands. Turning the boat The technique required for tacking a dinghy
is ...
Rupert Holmes, Jeremy Evans, 2014
9
The Mirror Book: Mirror Sailing from Start to Finish
As you move across, keep the mainsheet in your tiller hand. 5. Steer. As you land
on the new side, pull the tiller towards you. This stops the boat turning through
too large an angle. Let the mainsheet slide through your fingers so the boom can
...
Peter Aitken, Timothy Davison, 2012
Control line from mainsheet applies weather helm Apparent wind ti Ftolling hitch
Prusik hitch Either cord to tiller Fig. 1 When close-hauled or on a close reach, set
the tiller with slight weather helm, lash a length of shock cord to leeward and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAINSHEET»
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mainsheet is used in the context of the following news items.
Guilford couple crosses Atlantic but drops out of Transatlantic Race …
The boom vang exerts a downward force on the boom, which controls the shape of the mainsail and the traveler slides the end of a mainsheet ... «New Haven Register, Jul 15»
Washington sailor to represent Britain in blind racing world …
In his GBR team, he will be handling the mainsheet of the vessel while another visually-impaired sailor will be at the helm. The group will also ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
When the wind blows there are lessons to be learnt
The impact tore the deck fitting for the mainsheet traveller off its base. It took us five hours to get back to some reasonable wind again. We learnt ... «My Sailing, Jul 15»
Transpacific Yacht Race
The mainsheet, the rope that pulls in the boom to change the position of the main sail, can withstand an incredible 14 tons of tension. Lending ... «KTLA, Jul 15»
High-tech FB35 Young Guns hits the water in Sydney
The cockpit is wide and open, with the mainsheet traveller positioned aft of the helm with top mast running backstay winches at close hand for ... «My Sailing, Jul 15»
Twelve teams line up for 2015 TP52 World Championship
... our philosophy is very much 'if it's not broken don't try to fix it',” says Tim Powell, mainsheet trimmer and project manager for Rán Racing. «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
Sailing at Dun Laoghaire Regatta 2015 Has Everything – And Then …
But a tiny bit of haul on the mainsheet, and she was back on virtually neutral helm, with just the essential though barely perceptible weather ... «Afloat, Jul 15»
Not your typical opening day during a Harstine Island …
Andy and I quickly established roles: The crewman was the weather spotter, while the helmsman managed the mainsheet and rudder, trying to ... «Three Sheets Northwest, Jul 15»
2015 470 European Champs - Olympic champions take over the …
“But in the first we had a small problem with the mainsheet block, but we still managed to finish sixth, but we were a bit angry as we lost a few ... «Sail World, Jul 15»
Man Overboard: An Unexpected Experience
I grabbed the line my crew threw me, got pulled alongside, reached up and grabbed the mainsheet turning block on the gunnel and then, with ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jun 15»
