Sentence examples for main sheet to from inspiring English sources

Attach the main sheet to the traveler with the spring clip at the end of the main sheet.

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).

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.

Let out the main sheet until the front edge just starts to luff, then pull it back just until it stops.

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.

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.

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

"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.

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

Hold the main sheet with your other hand.

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