"sheet" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The jib sheets are of a 2:1 purchase and attach on the front beams with their own two travellers.
- They are also used for jib sheets on small boats and on paragliders.
- 'Rossi, give him a couple of feet on that jib sheet,' Ramage said.
- Once you are through the tack, release the jib sheet and fasten it on the opposite side of the boat.
- Early in the morning, when it was just light, the jib sheet carried away.
- Because the mainsheet and jib sheets are double-ended, they can be handled from either chair.
- These are often referred to using the name of the sail they control (such as main sheet, or jib sheet).
- If you already know your jib sheet from your main halyard, the possibilities are almost endless.
- He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main.
- Instead he felt as taut as a flying jib sheet hard on the wind.
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