Sentences with word «halyard»
A halyard is a rope or line used to raise or lower a flag or sail on a ship or boat. Full definition
So we don't hoist ourselves on our own halyards trying to ID our colleagues.
janefriedman.com
Some mast have steps welded to the side of them, you can have the mast taken down, there are some webbing style ladders that can be hoisted by the main halyard, or you can find a couple of willing accomplices to simply hoist you up from the deck of the boat using a line already in place for raising the mainsail.
Email your URL to peggy halyard.
The sound of halyards whipping in the wind as sailboats point their bows toward home.
Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard»
And there was a flagpole with a wet, heavy flag clinging to the halyard.
Come learn the ropes... and sheets and halyards... with our Year «Round Youth Sailing Instruction program.
On one particular voyage she was a day out of Sourabaya, Java enroute to San Francisco with a cargo of copra when her sails, gaff and halyards were carried away in a heavy squall.
And some attorneys are 1s, just stepping into the boat and trying to figure out the bizarre arrangement of strings (a / k / a halyards and lines) that raise and trim the sails.
Each time I hear this song, I am reminded of the days I've sat becalmed beneath sails hanging limp for want of a breeze, the only sound being the halyards slapping against the mast as they are upset by the rocking motion of the boat.
Sailors use a different line — smoother, white with color strands to tell the crew what's the purpose of the line (halyard, sheet, etc).