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Look up reefing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reefing reduces the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself...

sail is rolled up into the boom for storage or reefing (shortening sail). The forward end of the boom attaches to a mast just below the sail, with a joint...

Sail plans A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety...

vessels Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may...

reef. The mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. Furled First reef (Medieval style sail) Sword point Dagger point Full sail...

always employed in reefing and furling sails and stopping clothes for drying. But under no circumstances should it ever be tied as a bend, for if tied...

Solar sails (also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...

  A slang term for a self-propelled torpedo. fisherman's reef A sailing tactic for handling winds too strong for the sail area hoisted when reefing the...

plan, for example with a performance sloop one may consider the following about its suit of sails: Mainsail: Lazy jacks, reefing points and battens Jib:...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

Sail rigs A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including...

The Reef is a 2010 Australian survival horror film, written, directed and produced by Andrew Traucki in his second feature film (the first being Black...

kind of knot Reefing, an action performed on sails to reduce the area on which the wind can act The Reef (disambiguation) Wreath This disambiguation page...

craft and their rigs Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat...

A staysail ("stays'l") is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from...

jigger, and a pusher sail. On a schooner of four or more masts, the spanker is the sail on the mast nearest the stern. The spanker is a small sail, but as...

a yacht for sea, including engine, sails and gear. Deck work, including reefing, shaking out reefs, changing sails, preparing an anchor, mooring, anchoring...

Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and...

A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a...

A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast. On a...