halyard in English

noun
1
a rope used for raising and lowering a sail, spar, flag, or yard on a sailing ship.
All stays, halyards and standing rigging are adjustable with tiny turubuckles, and four AA batteries power the servos and eight batteries run the hand control unit.
noun
    halliard

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1. Why, Bart, that's a perfect halyard cleat.

2. CMC does recommend using a Halyard Clamp for easy installation.

3. At almost the same time our genoa halyard jammed and we couldn't get the sail down.

4. Sailing vessels may fly the Burgee either from the main masthead or from a halyard under the lowermost starboard spreader

5. Now, to install a Backstay flag halyard, you have to install a block of some sort high up on the Backstay,

6. Hauling a Bosuns chair up (using a climber, etc.) using the main halyard places you on the aft side of the mast

7. Most people opt to fly the Burgee lower in the rig, hoisted to the end of the lowest starboard spreader on a thin flag halyard

8. If so called Backwinding is occurring, slight decrease in halyard/cunningham tension will help to flatten the leading edge section of the luff and the 'slot open' distance become larger

9. Through the course of the evening we will explain but mostly SING many different forms of Chanteys; capstan/pumping/windlass, halyard, long and short haul Chanteys, to name a few

10. The halyard typically rises from the head of the sail to a block at the head of the mast and back down to deck level, from where it is pulled up to raise the sail.

11. To sunset, from the stern staff (when under way or occupied), or onboard sailboats—on Aftermost sail 2/3 length of the leach above the clew; onboard sportfisherman—on halyard just behind the tuna tower.

12. Capstan shanties were used when sailors needed to raise or lower sails by walking around the capstan, while halyard Chanteys were used by sailors when they needed to pull on the yards of the ship to which the sails are attached.