RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: NOUN
- A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
- The path of a ship that maintains a fixed compass direction, shown on a map as a line crossing all meridians at the same angle.
- A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
- A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
- A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under ship.
- Nautical, a strong rope (now generally of wire, and double) extending forward from the head of the foremast to the knight-heads to support the mast.
- A stay extending from the head of the foremast to the bowsprit of a ship.
- An adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: VERB
- N/A
- To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
- To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- Controls the bending of the mast
RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: RELATED WORDS
- Southeasterly, Cape horn, Northeasterly, Northwesterly, Southwesterly, Abeam, Leeward, Windward, Northerly, Easterly, Westerly, Southerly, Upwind, Loxodrome, Rhumb
- Jib, Towline, Topmast, Luff, Centreboard, Rudder, Spinnaker, Mizzen, Foresail, Staysail, Daggerboard, Bowsprit, Headsail, Mainsail, Backstay
RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Southeasterly, Cape horn, Northeasterly, Northwesterly, Southwesterly, Abeam, Leeward, Windward, Northerly, Easterly, Westerly, Southerly, Upwind, Loxodrome, Rhumb
- Jib, Towline, Topmast, Luff, Centreboard, Rudder, Spinnaker, Mizzen, Foresail, Staysail, Daggerboard, Bowsprit, Headsail, Mainsail, Backstay
RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Much of the fleet chose to sail high along the CT shoreline with Young American choosing a route more towards the rhumb line.
- The fundamental elements such as earth ellipsoid, geoid, geocentric and geodetic latitudes, rhumb line, and great circle are dealt with in detail.
- On the rhumb line from the Royal Sovereign to Dungeness there are no dangers.
- Define the following terms: datum, developable surface, secant, azimuth, rhumb line, and zenithal.
- Rhumb Line cases are shown, one in each hemisphere.
- The forestay pin came loose and as it worked out bent the toggle too severely to repair on the run.
- Better not to tie the forestay to the backstay on this.
- There are occasions when the forestay sloes would be much-surmised-about-thing to the medication.
- Are you going to try to get the forestay and roller furling back up now?
- Provision for D1 and D2 side stays and forestay.
- For instance immediate hospitalization may forestay the fatality of a heart attack.
- If your boat has a forestay, drop the jib.
RHUMB LINE vs FORESTAY: QUESTIONS
- What is the latitude of the aircraft flying the rhumb line?
- Can a rhumb line be contrasted with a great circle?
- Why follow a rhumb line instead of a geodesic line?
- Do I need running backstays to support the inner forestay?
- What kind of backstays have termination points at forestay?