Brace (sailing)
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brace-sailing-283-8358306
title:
Brace (sailing)
text:
A brace on a square-rigged ship is a rope (line) used to rotate a yard around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind. Braces are always used in pairs, one at each end of a yard (yardarm), termed port brace and starboard brace of a given yard or sail. The braces are fixed to the outer ends of the yards, and are led to the deck as far aft as possible, to allow the crew to haul on them. The lower yards' braces can usually run directly to the deck, but to do so with thos
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description:
Line used to rotate a yard around the mast
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brace_(sailing)
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2024-02-06T18:40:35Z
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