main sheet

He let the main sheet go completely, so the sail would be free to swing in the wind.

I'd hit the top of the main sheet of paper: about five inches high.

The main sheet of water stretched miles southward from the opposite point.

There are two main sheets that meet at the midpoint of the shield.

A strip of tissue is torn away from the main sheet using a water tear.

One of his seamen ran to take hisplace at the main sheet.

Central sheeting refers to main sheets that attach to the centre of the boom.

Five British and twenty-three Spaniards would "go over the standing part of the main sheet".

A flick of the main sheet freed it from the cam cleat.

Thinking better of a game of chicken, Moseley let out the main sheet and steered the boat away.

"The main sheet is the line-rope to you-controlling the mainsail."

In haste they seized the main sheet and brought the boom of the sail crashing down upon the deck.

The main sheet system has ball-bearing blocks, a ratchet, and a cleat.

She snapped the notebook shut and went back to the return where she was trying to transfer some of Frost's figures to the main sheet.

Eventually all boats were delivered with wheel steering and the main sheet located over the companionway hatch.

These are often referred to using the name of the sail they control (such as main sheet, or jib sheet).

The main sheet is not a sheet at all, but in fact a rope which allows you to control the Topper's one sail.

This eradicates the chance of the main sheet getting caught on the transom which is a common complaint of the Laser.

The traveler is just below the main sheet block and not at the stern of the boat (similar to a Finn or Europe dinghy).

Aft the main sheet!

Haul down the foresail, Mr Southwick, and check the main sheet a fraction.'

The main sheet block is a fiddle attached to the slide, and a dual sheave block on the boom with the upper.

In a column for "Main Sheet," the yacht club's bimonthly newsletter, the competitive racer once shared his thoughts on winning.

Original boom vang block was mounted on the boom halfway between the goose neck and the main sheet block.