Sentence examples for main sheet and from inspiring English sources

Thinking better of a game of chicken, Moseley let out the main sheet and steered the boat away.

Pull in the main sheet until the sail fills and stops luffing (flapping back and forth).

I wonder if this is the dreaded accident that is about to occur when I instinctively lean the opposite way, ease off the main sheet a tad, regain balance, and shoot off again speeding towards home.

The fabric can be tightly tucked under itself in layers with the corners of the main sheet going around the body and knotted, or a belt might be used to hold the sarong in place.

Then straighten up the tiller and pull the main sheet in.

This will need constant small adjustments of the main sheet (to control mainly the speed of the boat) and the tiller (to control the direction).

"I didn't know a jib from a main sheet," said Mr. Immel, now 19, who has since graduated from the program and gotten a job.

GCL coupons were placed between the main GCL component and the main geomembrane component of the composite liner and GMB coupons placed between the main GMB sheet and the GTX protection layer.

A gloved hand is wrapped in a death grip around the main sheet, the line controlling the shape of the sail.

Because the direction of maximum conductivity was found to differ from the main sheet axis, the measured conductivity tensor was rotated to yield the corrected 2-dimensional tensor relative to the main GDL axis.

Hold the main sheet with your other hand.