mainsail|mainsails in English

noun

[main·sail || 'meɪnseɪl, -sl]

sail on the lower part of the mainmast (Nautical)

Use "mainsail|mainsails" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "mainsail|mainsails" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "mainsail|mainsails", or refer to the context using the word "mainsail|mainsails" in the English Dictionary.

1. In-mast Furling: In complete contrast to fully-Battened mainsails with large amounts of roach, there is the in-mast furling mainsail, which is becoming increasingly popular because of the convenience it offers

2. Battens are the primary structure of a mainsail

3. Catalina 36 Std Fully Battened Mainsail $ 1,595.00

4. Old wooden mast with Crosspieces, backstays,mainsail ,staysail

5. Mast track extension and pre-feeder for mainsail furling

6. This multi-directional line is very suitable as front-end material in head and mainsails.

7. It will seriously unbalance your driver as the mainsail get Backwinded

8. 12 A small sloop with a mainsail, jib, and keel but no bowsprit.

9. Generally, wait until the mainsail starts showing signs of Backwinding and then start easing the sail

10. 15 Yet somehow one hand remained on the wheel and the other clasped the mainsail winch.

11. Backstay flicker - gives the mainsail space to move This product is designed for use on fractional rigs only

12. However the constant swell rolls Mirador 20 degrees to port causing the mainsail to Backwind and the headsail to deflate

13. Brigantine definition is - a 2-masted sailing ship that is square-rigged except for a fore-and-aft mainsail.

14. Battened mainsail (Classic), you normally keep the top batten parallel to the boom…and you do this with the boom vang

15. Brigantine definition, a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail with square upper sails

16. And they lowered its gear, the mainsail or rigging, and strained to keep the ship headed into the wind to weather the storm.

17. Backwind definition is - a wind blowing onto the wrong side of a sail; especially : one directed upon a mainsail by a wrongly trimmed jib

18. This is a maneuver that involves pointing the boat into the wind and locking the helm in place with the mainsail up and the headsail Backwinded

19. Generally speaking, the closer in you can trim the headsail (without Backwinding the mainsail), the higher into the wind the sailboat can point and maintain its speed

20. The jib is Backwinded and attempts to turn the boat away from the wind, while the mainsail and rudder attempt to turn the boat into the wind

21. This fine control of the sail without need for the crew to leave the deck, is achieved by Brailing up.Rather than lowering the mainsail, it is gathered up against its own luff and head by means of lines called brails.This technique is an effective way of stowing the mainsail and gives fine control over the power obtained from the sail.

22. brigantine (plural Brigantines) (nautical) a two - masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.

23. ‘Your mainsail changes color if you are being blanketed or Backwinded by a competitor.’ ‘One thing I noticed is that to backwind the main, you have to be back on the tramp.’ noun

24. ‘Dropping down Abaft the bridge, the first thing to come into view was the funnel.’ ‘When a mainsail was set up in the correct place Abaft the genoa, the strain on the headsail sheet was observed to …

25. An improved lift creating sail and sail system where a substantially rectangular mainsail (2) made up of panels forms an aerodynamically efficient airfoil that is supported at approximately its center on a pivot so that is has three degrees of freedom.