2006-12-18 12:42:20 · 13 answers · asked by Ashleigh M 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
On a modern sailboat, the mainsail is attached to the mast at the luff by slugs or slides or a bolt-rope that fit into a slot in the mast or a track on the mast. The sail is hoisted to the top of the mast by the halyard which is then cleated to hold the sail in the hoisted position. The foot of the sail is attached to the boom either by a bolt rope or lose-footed and attached at each end of the boom. The attachment for a jib or foresail is via either a series of snap clips on the fore stay wire or with a luff tape which is similar in function to a bolt rope and slides in a track attached to the fore stay or a furling tube. The sail is hoisted by the halyard.
2006-12-18 16:08:43 · answer #1 · answered by cat38skip 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Holds Up A Sail
2017-01-09 09:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by bellflower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the hull holds up the mast, along w/ stays, then the sail is held up by halards. But on some small boats, such as a laser class, the sail is held up by a strap on the top of the sail, which makes it so in order to lower the sail, you have to take the 2 section mast out of the mast step.
2006-12-21 12:29:45 · answer #3 · answered by lasersail116480 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sail is pulled up by a rope called a halyard. This rope will have different designations depending on which sail it's raising. An example jib halyard lifts the front sail while a main halyard lifts the main sail. This rope is tied off and that holds up the sail.
2006-12-19 06:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by brian L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In one way you could say that the wind does when it fills the sail otherwise its just a flapping bunch of noise. But the sail is secured to the mast by a halyard on the top and by sheets on the bottom clew with the sheet(s) feeding back to the winches on both sides depending on whether its a mainsail or a jib.
2006-12-18 13:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by John Galt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mainsail is hauled up the mast by the halyard attached to the head with the help of a block(pulley) at the top. It is cleated off after it is fully up. It is controlled by the sheets attached at the clews. The base of the sail attaches at the tack. The jib is hauled up by the jib halyard again aided by a block on the mast and cleated after the sail is up. It is controlled by sheets.
2006-12-19 01:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A HALYARD, from the old English "Haul up the Yardage", pulls the top of the sail up to the top of the mast.
2006-12-19 11:49:21 · answer #7 · answered by firefly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the mainsaiol is attached to the mast and is pulled up by a hallyard, and the jib is attached to the furling and depending o=if you have a roller furling or not 2 things could happen: if you have a roller furling, the jib just rollsoff the furling. if you don't it is hauled up the furling like the main sail with ahallyard except the furling is a stell wire instead of a steel or wood pole.
2006-12-19 03:16:09 · answer #8 · answered by nascardude_1018 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rope
2006-12-18 14:01:22 · answer #9 · answered by tom 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the mast
2006-12-18 14:12:33 · answer #10 · answered by james m 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋