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Fair Wind Sailing School Sailing Lessons: Beginning Sail Trim

... the center line of the boat. The second trim position is "all the way out" with the boom as far out as it will go before the mainsail is against the spreader. The final position is "half-way"; midway between the two extreme positions. Those ... Read Read: Fair Wind Sailing School Sailing Lessons: Beginning Sail Trim

By: Dave Bello | 09/08/2006 | Sports & Fitness

Fair Wind Sailing School Sailing Lessons: Intermediate Sail Trim

... along the battens, to stream back parallel to the water. The procedure is similar to headsail trim above: start with the mainsail all the way in and gradually ease the sail out until the tell-tales are streaming aft. As with the headsail, ... Read Read: Fair Wind Sailing School Sailing Lessons: Intermediate Sail Trim

By: Dave Bello | 10/08/2006 | Sports & Fitness

Gybing a dinghy

... the port side if you've been sailing on starboard tack and vice versa), it's time to swing the mainsail across to the new side. On many boats, you can do this by grabbing the 'falls' (ropes falling from the boom) of the mainsheet and giving ... Read Read: Gybing a dinghy

By: Simon White | 30/06/2009 | Travel

WATER SPORTS FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

... the high level of technical elements involved in the sport. For example, there are things like "charts", "mainsails" and "tillers" to learn about. Whether you choose a small boat or a catamaran, whether you choose lake or ocean sailing, ... Read Read: WATER SPORTS FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

By: Dakota Caudilla | 20/09/2005 | Sports & Fitness
Linda S Cullum

Sailing Tactics Revealed: Person Overboard!

... Go beyond the victim and come about again, proceeding on a broad reach. 5.Head up to the leeward side of the person and let the mainsail out. Method Three...The Quick Stop maneuver is a new, widely recommended method that calls for the ... Read Read: Sailing Tactics Revealed: Person Overboard!

By: Linda S Cullum | 11/09/2007 | Home & Family

Sailing with Pride

... River, we had eight sails up: the jib topsail, jib, fore-staysail, foresail, fore topsail, topgallant, mainsail and main gaff-topsail. And they all needed some kind of major adjustment at every tack—releasing sheets, taking in sheets, ... Read Read: Sailing with Pride

By: Chesapeake Bay Magazine | 13/08/2009 | Cruising

Small Sailboats Are Fun

... very little maintenance. The Lasers, Streakers and Europa are among those that have 'cat' rigs - just one sail, like a mainsail on a normal Bermudian rig. They can still sail very fast, and can be sailed easily single-handed. They are used ... Read Read: Small  Sailboats Are Fun

By: John Hartley | 17/04/2007 | Automotive

Gifts For Sailboat Owners and Sailing Enthusiasts

... common variety of sailboat , The term sloop originates from the Dutch word slope. This design utilizes a mainsail and foresail with one mast. Sloops usually bend only one headsail, though this distinction is not definitive. Unlike cutters, ... Read Read: Gifts For Sailboat Owners and Sailing Enthusiasts

By: John C. Banks | 28/09/2009 | Sports & Fitness

Windsurfing Sail Brands

... windsurfing sail manufacturer. Fx offers two main types of windsurfing sails, namely, mainsails and headsails. The mainsails are further categorized as inshore and offshore so that surfers can take their pick depending upon the windsurfing ... Read Read: Windsurfing Sail Brands

By: Marc Fredmen | 12/09/2009 | Sports & Fitness

Good Men Down

... would have been ready for any breeze that smacked him as he left the shelter of the harbor. His crew would have reefed the mainsail the night before. This was standard practice for a skipjack; it’s always easier to shake a reef out than to ... Read Read: Good Men Down

By: Chesapeake Bay Magazine | 13/08/2009 | Home & Family
J.C. Banks

Sailboats And Sailing

... are popular with sport sailors and yachtsmen, and for racingCutterThe cutter is very similar to a sloop with a single mast and a mainsail. The cutter generally carries the mast further aft to allow for the use of two headsails attached ... Read Read: Sailboats And Sailing

By: J.C. Banks | 27/02/2009 | Hobbies

A B C of Sailing Terms

... luff of the sail is usually where this first becomes evident). M is for... Mainsheet - Sail control line that allows the most obvious effect on mainsail trim. Primarily used to control the angle of the boom, and thereby the mainsail, this ... Read Read: A B C of Sailing Terms

By: Simon White | 02/08/2008 | Hobbies

How to Buy a Sailboat - Part II

... you can make to sail plans. The cutter rig is the next step up in flexibility with 2 headsails and typically a much smaller mainsail. This configuration allows for significantly greater variations in sail configuration and a much wider ... Read Read: How to Buy a Sailboat - Part II

By: Dave Bello | 08/08/2006 | Sports & Fitness

You've Got to be Kidding Me - What's Wrong with Yacht Manufacturers? - Part II

... in Lake Erie (single-handing of course) when the sail track in my high tech carbon-fiber mast blew apart, dumping my mainsail all over the deck. Great fun—race over, all alone, offshore, mainsail all over the place, a day and a half motor ... Read Read: You've Got to be Kidding Me - What's Wrong with Yacht Manufacturers? - Part II

By: Dave Bello | 07/08/2006 | Sports & Fitness

The Next BIG Thing

... her eye. "Look at that gigantic sail!""You are referring of course to the eight-story tall semitransparent glass mainsail that decorates the front port side of the Westin Hotel."She shot me a dark look and abandoned the binoculars in favor ... Read Read: The Next BIG Thing

By: Chesapeake Bay Magazine | 09/12/2009 | Destinations

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