mrplace
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What do you call the the carved pieces on the bow of the old ships. Most of the ones I have seen in books are of women. Anyone know what this is called?
Oh yeah MR NITPICKER!Originally posted by Tea Clipper
<br />Figurehead is correct. Nit pick: it's one word. []
Originally posted by ctEaglesc
<br />Everything on a ship is either a sheet or a line except for the
BELL ROPE.
Originally posted by gerryr
<br />Oops, I forgot to mention halyards which are not sheets or lines. Halyards hoist the sails. Anyone know the derivation of that term?
Originally posted by emackrell
<br />Originally posted by gerryr
<br />Oops, I forgot to mention halyards which are not sheets or lines. Halyards hoist the sails. Anyone know the derivation of that term?
Just a shortening of HAUL YARD. On the square riggers you hoisted the sails by hauling the yard up the mast (with the sail attached). Name has stuck though the technology has changed.
cheers Eileen [8D]