Lazy jacks (or lazyjacks) are a type of rigging which can be applied to a fore-and-aft rigged sail to assist in sail handling during reefing and furling...
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Similar narratives are found in other cultures. England, for instance, has "Lazy Jack" and "The Wise Men of Gotham." In Finland there are stories about the...
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Halyard (redirect from Lazy halyard)
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carried. A symmetrical spinnaker has two sheets, an "active" one and a "lazy" one, in the same way as a jib, but they are attached to the sail's two separate...
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topsail yard and a cross-jack yard) whereas the mizzen mast of a barque has only fore-and-aft rigged sails. The cross-jack yard was the lowest yard on...
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wind during a tack, the active sheet is released, and the other sheet (the lazy sheet) on the other side of the boat is pulled in. This sheet becomes the...
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topping lift holds up the free end of the boom when the sail is lowered. Lazy jacks guide the sail onto the top of the boom for furling when the sail is lowered...
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