e gaff. To support the mast and bowsprit, shrouds andstays are employed. The mainshrouds (5) and theforestay (6) are now generally of iron wire rope;the former rest on the projecting shoulders knownas hounds (13), and are attached to the channels(14) on the side of the boat; 7 is the bobstay and… … Fig. 1. is hoisted up the forestay, to which it is attachedby iron hoops. The upper edge of a sail is calledthe head; the lower edge is the foot; the fore edgeis the luff, and the after edge is the leach. Theupper fore corner is the throat of a sail; the upperafter corner is the peak; the lower…
Yachts and yachting · Sailing
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