"Let go the jib-halyards and come in on the downhaul!". From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Dazzler] Reference
Now, then, is there no one to attend to the peak downhaul?. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War] Reference
Her yard and boom were in his linhay, the sheet and downhaul in Tony's. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Man's House] Reference
Also noticed that I wasn't pointing as well as the competition when I cranked on too much downhaul. From Wordnik.com. [Proper Course] Reference
"Here, leave hands off'm that tops'l downhaul!" he yelled, detecting Ludelphus Murray slashing at it with his jack-knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul] Reference
Joe found the jib-halyard and cast it off the pin, and, as the canvas fluttered down, came in hand over hand on the downhaul. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Dazzler] Reference
The cap at the mainmast head was broken out, and sheet and downhaul pulled flat, amid a scattering rifle fire from the boats; and the. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Fish Patrol] Reference
When the weather moderated, and we shook the reefs out, the downhaul was forgotten until we happened to think we might soon need it again. From Wordnik.com. [Man Overboard!] Reference
A stout downhaul on the gaff was a necessity, because without it the mainsail might not have come down when I wished to lower it in a breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Sailing Alone Around the World] Reference
I did not speak, nor breathe, nor think, unless my instinctive grip on the turns of the downhaul on the pin may have been an index of thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Grain Ship] Reference
An uphaul and a downhaul keep the poles under control, while allowing the headsails to spill wind after a cross wave thereby steadying the motion. From Wordnik.com. [YBW News] Reference
We belayed the fore downhaul; but the sail was split, and we hauled down the yard, and got the sail into the ship, and unbound all the things clear of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites] Reference
Clearly our strategy now is to take i-Drill and expand it from the not just optimizing the drill bit, but optimizing the entire downhaul drilling assembly. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
I coiled down the mizzen-topsail downhaul myself, and was going aft to see how she headed up, when I stopped to look at a light, and leaned against the deck-house. From Wordnik.com. [Man Overboard!] Reference
If it breezed up, and the jibtopsail was to be taken in, they never minded a wetting, and they would be out at the bowsprit end before there was a hand at the downhaul. From Wordnik.com. [Man Overboard!] Reference
The cap at the mainmast head was broken out, and sheet and downhaul pulled flat, amid a scattering rifle fire from the boats; and the Mary Rebecca lay over and sprang ahead faster than ever. From Wordnik.com. [Charley's Coup] Reference
The Crozier Party tell a good story of Bowers, who on their return journey with their recovered tent fitted what he called a 'tent downhaul' and secured it round his sleeping-bag and himself. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
Birdie lashed the full biscuit tin to the door to prevent its flapping, and also got what he called the tent downhaul round the cap and then tied it about himself outside his bag: if the tent went he was going too. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913] Reference
It was blowing now, and it was all that I and two others could do to get in the slack of the downhaul, while the others lowered away at the peak and throat, and we had our hands full to get a couple of turns round the wet sail. From Wordnik.com. [Man Overboard!] Reference
The clicking of the sheaves in the blocks as the sails ran down, head-sails first, was music to her; and she detected on the instant the jamming of a jib-downhaul, and almost saw the impatient jerk with which the sailor must have cleared it. From Wordnik.com. [Adventure] Reference
The clicking of the sheaves in the blocks as the sails ran down, head - sails first, was music to her; and she detected on the instant the jamming of a jib-downhaul, and almost saw the impatient jerk with which the sailor must have cleared it. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse on Manners] Reference
A youngster of the crew had sprung below and immediately emerged with a drum which, without definite instruction, he hammered vigorously; but before he had begun, men were clearing away guns and manning flying-jib downhaul and royal clue-lines. From Wordnik.com. ["Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea] Reference
And you got the downhaul to keep him in place real snug like. From Wordnik.com. [Clear and Present Danger]
"'She wasn't setting proper,' explained Grimalson; 'and I told Jarvis to take a swig on the downhaul. From Wordnik.com. [Foe-Farrell] Reference
"Then I needed to think of my own safety and passed a turn of the mizzen gaff-topsail downhaul about me, belaying to a pin as the cataclysm hit us. From Wordnik.com. [The Grain Ship] Reference
"When you hang somebody aboard ship, you tie his feet together and run a downhaul line-you tie that off to the rail or a stanchion so he don't swing around. From Wordnik.com. [Clear and Present Danger]
"Let go the downhaul!. From Wordnik.com. [Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim] Reference
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