The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...

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Title: The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...
Author: Manwayring, Henry, Sir, 1587-1653.
Publication: London :: Printed by G. M. for John Bellamy ...,; 1644.
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TAcks.

Are great Roapes, having a-wale-knott at one end, which is seased into the Clew of the Saile, and so reeved first through the Chestree, and then comes in at a hole of the Ship-side: The use of this is to carry forwards the Clew of the Saile, and to make it stand close, by a wind: and then the Sailes are thus, Trimmed: The main Tacke∣fore-saile, and Missen-Tacks, are close a-board, or haled-as foreward on-as may be, so are the Bowlings of the weather-side: the Lee-sheates, are haled close aft, but the Lee-sheates of the fore-saile; not so much un∣lesse the Ship-Gripe: the Lee-brases of all the yards, are brased aft: and the Top-sailes are governed, as the Sailes whereunto they belong: And hence they say, a Ship stands, or sailes close upon a Tack (that is close by a-wind) hale a-boord the Tack, that is to have it downe close to the Chestrees: East the Tack (that is, not so close a-boord:) Let rise the Tack (that is, let it goe all out) it is commonly belayed to the bitts, or else there is a Kevell which belongs to them: These Tacks doe only belong to the Maine-saile, and Missen, and they are ever made Tape∣ring.