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Ihepropertensionagainstthewind.

shroud:standingriggingforlateralsupportofthemast.
slack:thepartoftheropenotundertensionorrunningfree.
smallstuff:twine.cord,etc.Anyropeunderaninchincircumference.

standing;inseamen'slanguage.itreferstothefixedriggingasopposed 10

therunningrigging.Ina ropethestandingpartis thepartwhichisfixedor

undertensionasopposedtotheendwhichisfreeandwithwhichtheknotis

tied.

stay:standingriggingwhichsupports themastlongitudinally.
stopper:a shortlengthofropeorchainusedtolimittherunningofa lineorto
holdlinesfirmlywhiletheyarebeingcleated.Oneendofthestopperis
attachedtotheship;theotherendistiedaroundthelinetobestopped.
strand:twistedyarnswhicharejoinedtogethertoforma rope.
stretching:tensionappliedtonewropebeforeitisused.
strike.to:tolowerasailora flag.
tack:theforwardcornerofa sail.Alsothedirectionofthebowofa boatwith
relationtothewind.Ifthewindiscomingoveritsrightside.theboatissaidto
beona starboardtack;ifitiscomingovertheleftside,theboatistackingto
port.
turn:oneroundofa rope,itisthebasicelementoftheknot.Totakea turnis
tomakea singleroundwiththeropearounda cleatorbollard.etc.
warp:toshifta vesselfromoneplacetoanotherina harborbymeansof
ropes.

whipping:protectiongiventoa ropebywindingstringorsmallstuffaround

ittopreventit fromwearingorfraying.

work.to:todrawupandshapea knot.

yarn:thebaSICelementintheconstructionofa rope.itis madeupoftwisted

fibers.

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