reef band

They're all strong sails, sir, with the last row of reef points put in deep.

Reef points had been checked over and many replaced - not through damage but because of wear.

Material is sound enough; he's checking over the stitching and reef points.

More than one row of reef points increases options for possible sail area.

Only when every man was in position could they undo the ties and release the sail as far as the first reefing point.

More options when reefing - more "reef points"

Now the topmen were working out on the yards, hauling at the stiff cloth of the sails and tying the reef points.

Reef points may refer to:

Savage also created Reef Point Estate in nearby Bar Harbor.

In a mainsail, one to four horizontal rows of cringles or lines, called reef points, may be placed above the foot of the sail.

The Plebes are also required to begin memorizing much of the information in their copies of Reef Points.

The main house at Reef Point was dismantled; however some fixtures, materials, and architectural elements were salvaged for reuse.

During the last part of her life Farrand devoted herself to creating a landscape study center at Reef Point, Maine.

"Sirens," he shouted over the flapping of the sails and hum of wind, as we hung from a yard, tying reef points.

The site is called the Reef Point Resort and it is here that branding is being taken to the next level.

The continually evolving gardens interwoven by grass paths that surrounded the Reef Point structure were essential to creating the estate.

This wide white sand beach rests between two rock reef points, Little Point (south side) and Horseshoe (north side).

Medieval sails, in the Highlands as elsewhere, are shown as being sewn out of many small squares, and there is possible evidence of reef points.

The property itself was sold to Robert W. Patterson, her long-trusted architect and Reef Point board member.

His brother's wife was the renowned landscape architect Beatrix Farrand of Reef Point Estate.

The wall, a cornice salvaged from a client's house when it was torn down, was first recycled as a fence for the vegetable garden at Reef Point.

Perhaps in part because of the remoteness of location, scholarly use of Reef Point Gardens did not achieve the level Farrand desired.

It seeks to reinstate Reef Point's original educational goals, with the establishment of a reference library and collections, regional trial gardens, and educational programs".

Gumuragi (Gumeragi, Reef Point) (family outstation)

A topsail had been let fall with a reef point still tied so that the canvas ripped; evolutions that should have taken five minutes had taken twenty.