reefing's Usage Examples:

The mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail.

desired height is reached and make fast using whatever reefing mechanism you have, usually reefing points, reef any excess sail at the foot to the boom.

The main sail was designed for slab reefing and the large genoa had roller reefing.

The boats feature roller reefing jibs and slab reefing mains as standard.

reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay.

modern applications, the sail is rolled up into the boom for storage or reefing (shortening sail).

The first 9 hulls were fitted with in boom roller reefing and later boat with slab reefing with 116 boats built in total.

attach sails to spars; and reefing features, which may include reefing lines attached to the sail or grommets that have reefing lines running through them.

applied to a fore-and-aft rigged sail to assist in sail handling during reefing and furling.

As a consequence, reefing is safer and easier with better boom control, and when dropping the mainsail.

It is tied with two ends around an object and is used when reefing, furling, and tying up parcels, shoestrings, and the like.

Body checking and lifting or "roofing/reefing/raising the puck" (shooting the puck or ball so it rises above the ice).

slab/jiffy reefing for the main, and some set fully reefable genoas by means of a headsail reefing drum and associated equipment (including a reefing spar).

In contrast, reefing sail on a Bermuda-rigged boat would typically require crew to move about.

sandwich deck moulding with a modern asymmetric rig including a furling jib, reefing mainsail and single line gennaker hoist system.

At sea it is always employed in reefing and furling sails and stopping clothes for drying.

This is typically accomplished by reefing the main and either rolling up a portion of the headsail on a furler, or.

Synonyms:

ridge; coral reef;

Antonyms:

dress; give; roughness;