10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEMHEAD»
Discover the use of
stemhead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stemhead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Sail on a Budget
Above left: This is a stemhead fitting for a motorboat as it is not designed to take
the loads imposed by a forestay. It is made ofaluminium and the bolts and
shackle for the forestay and downhaul will saw their way through the aluminium.
2
The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments
Another version commonly used in straight stemmed yachts and working craft (
figure 21b), was to lead the wire forestay to the stemhead and down a score cut
vertically in the forward side of the stem to a hole bored fore and aft through the ...
3
American-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850s: An ...
Name and port of bail are carved across the stern into the archboard, below the
arch, and painted stemhead — Ornamented with a simple scroll which reaches
from the figurehead down toward the navel hoods. Pedestal of the figurehead is ...
William L. Crothers, 2013
Their outer ends are attached to the clews of the jibs and sheeted to bowsprit end
or stemhead, and aft to the cockpit. In this way the sails can be sheeted from
broad sideways, with the booms touching the standing rigging, to all the way ...
5
The Adlard Coles Book of Boatwords
The word 'foresaii' is not a generic term for all forward sails as 'headsaii' is, but
has two specific meanings. in some fishing and working boats the headsaii set
from stemhead to masthead (not the topmast head, for these would be boats with
a ...
From the stemhead. it extends to a depth of % in. The extreme forward end of the
sheer log then is beveled to fit flush against the stem on the surface of the chine
notch cut in it previously. Vertical positioning of the sheer log in this notch is such
...
7
Details of Classic Boat Construction
Photo 17.112 Taleisin has a gammon iron designed to fit to her stemhead. It is far
easier to make and fit hardware to a flatsectioned stemhead than to one that has
the cutwater carried all the way to deck level. It is not a bad idea to leave this ...
8
Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: People of the Dhow
This was the double-ended brim (pl. abWa'm), recognisable by its straight,
sharppointed stemhead painted black and white. The weight capacity was from
60 to 400 tons with a length varying from 40 to 120 feet (12.19 to 36.57m). In the
days of ...
9
Yachting Monthly's Expert Sailing Skills: No Nonsense Advice ...
The sail comes out ofthe bag, wrapped around a Kevlar stay with a Facnor furling
drum, which is secured to the stemhead or bow.The tack is secured to the
stemhead by a strop. Its height can be adjusted by running a strop line the furling
drum ...
The chain plates and stemhead fitting also deserve attention as the thickest
fiberglass hull in the world could be a dead loss if the chain plates pull out, and it
is not unknown for the chain plates to pull out of a production boat. There are
many ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEMHEAD»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
stemhead is used in the context of the following news items.
Dickie Richardson 1926 – 2015
In the summer of 1977, the stemhead fitting on Matthew Walker, which Dickie Richardson fabricated himself, still needed a bit of cosmetic work. But it did what ... «Afloat, Feb 15»
Oceanis 60 now available from Beneteau
A stemhead extends the Oceanis 60's hull to optimise sailing perfomance and reduce heeling. Balanced and fitted with the mainsail arch, the Oceanis 60 adopts ... «My Sailing, Aug 14»
The dhow chronicles
Shu'i, referred to by Gulf seamen as the 'sister' of the sanbuq, are almost identical, explains Reda, the difference being the shape of the stemhead: the shu'i has ... «Gulf Times, Apr 14»
Skip Novak's Storm Sailing Techniques Part 6: preparing the deck …
If you leave your anchor on the stemhead, which means fixing it in place with a back-up lashing, it is best to lower the chain into the chain locker. Have some ... «Yachting World, Feb 14»
A Do-It-Yourself Dinghy
After Danielle, our daughter Antigone, and I had filled in all the gaps with plaster and sculpted a square stemhead, John came over with his 16-inch fairing ... «Cruising World, Jul 10»
Beneteau 523: Spacious and Seaworthy
The foredeck sports a vertical windlass that services twin anchor rollers on the stemhead fitting. The deep chain locker is watertight to the boat, and its hatch is ... «Cruising World, Jul 06»
Bavaria 39: A No-Compromise Cruiser
On deck, the cruising focus is evident in the substantial double anchor rollers on the stemhead. In the cockpit, a large steering console accommodates today's ... «Cruising World, May 06»
