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The
Voyage of the Alamar
ines
- For the most part, you'll be dealing with three classes
of lines.
- Lines use to haul sails up the mast, called "halyards"
(pronounced HAL-yrds). To "haul up" the main sail, you'd use
the "main halyard."
- Lines use to adjust, or "trim," sails, called "sheets."
To trim the main, you'd use the "main sheet."
- All other lines, usually referred to by their purpose. Thus, the
line used to fasten the anchor to the boat is the "anchor line."
Basic Knots -
- Bowline (pronounced BO-lin) - An
old mariner's saying goes, I could make the devil himself a good
sailor if he could learn a bowline (pictured above). It's used for
just about any situation where you want a knot to hold with confidence
and yet release without trouble. Also, it'll never slip, that is, the
loop you create when you tie the knot will stay the same size..
- Cleat hitch - For making something fast to a cleat.
- Clove hitch - Used to make the boat fast to a piling.
You can also use a bowline.
- Half hitch - Two half hitches make a good, reliable
knot, but unlike a bowline the loop will contract under strain.
- Figure eight - Tied in the end of a line to stop
it from sliding through a pulley. Sorry, I forgot to say that lines
on boats don't "slide through pulleys." There are no "pulleys"
on boats, only "blocks." And lines "run" through
blocks. So a figure eight made in the end of a line will stop it from
"running through a block."
Some links tol teach you how to make these knots:
Black
Lake NY Boating Knot Guide
Boy
Scout Troop 9's animated knot tying guide.
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