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Q: What do letters mean on the top of a sail on a sailboat?
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The pole on a sailboat that holds the sail?

The vertical pole on a sailboat is called the mast, but at the bottom of the sail is horizontal pole called a boom. On the Tall Ships, the horizontal pole AT THE TOP of the sail is called the yardarm.


What is the top of a sailboat called?

That would be the deck.


What is name for the top of the mast of a sailboat?

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What is a top sail on a ship?

Topgallant sail, also known as the gallant sail or garrant sail


Which navigation light should never be used by a sail boat underway at night?

The anchor light at the top of the mast should not be used by a sailboat underway at night. Frequently it is left on when leaving an anchorage along with the steaming and navigation lights.


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its all of the letters on the keyboard from top left to bottom right


Where is the sailboat in the national agriculture picture puzzle?

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What does mizzen-top mean?

The mizzen is the third mast on a ship, or the mast immediately aft of the mainmast. The top sail on that mizzenmast would the mizzen-top. Your local slang may vary.


How do I put up the mainsail on a Soling sailboat?

Use the sail pullr uppr rope /line called a/the Halyard. It is traditionally on the starboard/right side of the mast. If it a has a fitting attach same to the top/head of the sail and then seed the sail luff rope or sail slugs into the groove in the back of the mast. Have Crew/Assistant feed the Luff Rope on the sail from as low a point in the cockpit, or desk as possible so it will feed smoothly whilst you haul the sail up with the Halyard. Haul fairly tight and then clet the halyard to the Mast or deck and coil/hang the remainder of the Halyard in the cockpit.attach the bottom of the sail Tack to the boom at the mast and the Clew at the outer end of the Boom.


What appears at the top of all pages on your computer?

Do you mean the bar on top with letters in it that start with "HTTP"? If that is what you mean, that is your address bar where you can type in a website's URL.? Or maybe you mean something else


What is the top speed of a sailboat?

4x AWS is alleged to be the top achieved/recorded record. AWS is the acronym of "Average Wind Speed".