Talk:Sail components

about reefing

I just looked at the picture of the triangular mainsail. The most important part of the reefing system has been left out. The reef points are minor items to keep the bulk of the sail neat. The main strain is on the reef clew and reef tack, which are not shown. You must secure the clew and tack before you tie the reef points. Also a sail will normally have at least two three reefs.

--AJim (talk) 06:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Leach/leech

There doesn't seem to be a particular preferred form of the spelling. A web search shows:

• about 263,000 for "leech"+"sail"
• about 140,000 for "leach"+"sail"

This might be a British/US thing, but I'm not sure. My US Webster's doesn't list the sail meaning for "leach", only for "leech". I don't recall which spelling I was taught, growing up in Bermuda, but I used "leech" until I saw "leach" in an article here, so I suspect that's the proper UK spelling too. Anyone know for sure? I'll use "leech" for now (given the count, and the dictionary results). Noel (talk) 19:06, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

PS: A search restricted to ".uk" produced:

• about 1,210 for "Leech"+"sail"
• about 1,080 for "Leach"+"sail"

So it seems there's just as much confusion there as there is globally! Noel (talk) 19:11, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Roach illustration

Someone needs to modify the diagram to show the roach. Noel (talk) 18:09, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Square sails have a roach too. It refers to the curved lower edge. This curvature is required to allow the sail to clear the lower yard when it pivots around the mast. I will get back with a reference from Eric Newby.

--AJim (talk) 06:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Clew?

Does clew sound the same a clue? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gohiking (talk • contribs) 19:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Sailing reorganization

Take a minute to read the comments at Talk:Sailing#Re-write effort -- non how-to et seq. Some of us are working on re-organizing the sailing-related articles. See if you agree with our approach and give us some help. Mrees1997 19:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Merger proposal

I think that earing probably makes sense as part of this article, instead of starning alone.

However, earing can help people who are looking for earring find their way, and I wouldn't want to add that clutter here.

Thoughts? — JBazuzi (talk • contribs) 17:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I disagree, unsurprising since I just created the earing article, I guess. I feel it is particularly good to keep it separate because of the potential for ambiguity with the term earring, not just from an organizational standpoint but from an informational standpoint. Not to mention, as far as my understanding goes, it is not technically part of the sail, but actually a line attached to the corner of the sail. Intelligence3 (talk) 17:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Alrighty, no one else seems to care. What's the rule, there? Intelligence3 (talk) 15:56, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Disambig'ing "Clew"

I was expecting some way to make a dab line, but can you do that for sections as well as pages? "Clew" is one of hte alternative names of New Clew, British Columbia, which also goes by Kloo and other variants (means "canoe" in the Skidegate dialect of the Haida language. Not sure if it's worth disambig'ing, but if it is...how to place it here? Got here because Clew is a redirect to here, or to the #Clew section that is.Skookum1 (talk) 03:18, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Top corners of squares'l?

Do the top corners of a square sail have a specific name? 71.136.229.150 (talk) 20:57, 11 July 2009 (UTC)