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HUNTER/LEGEND Owner’s Manual Page 14
BRIEF GLOSSARY (Continued)
MAST STEP: A metal fitting that holds the base of the mast in position.
OUTHAUL: A line used to haul the clew of a sail out to the edge of the boom.
PINTLES: Pins on the forward side of a boat’s rudder, designed to rest in and pivot on
the gudgeons secured to the transom.
REEFING: To reduce a sail by rolling or folding up part of it.
RIGGING: The wire supporting the spars is called standing rigging (stays or shrouds),
and the ropes used in setting and trimming sails are known as running rigging (halyards
and sheets).
ROLLER FURLING: A method of reducing sail on a main or jib by rolling the sail
around a rod or wire.
SHACKLE: A U-shaped piece of metal with a pin across the open ends.
SHEET: A rope used to trim a sail.
SHROUD: A length of wire used to support a spar (same as a "stay").
SLACK: The opposite of taut (i.e., slack away or off-to pay out).
SPREADERS: Aluminum tubes that project from a mast in a traverse direction in order
to keep a stay at proper tension and to help hold the mast erect.
STAY: A length of wire used to support a spar (same as a “shroud”).
STEMHEAD FITTING: The fitting nearest the bow on the deck where the headstay
attaches.
STEP: To step a mast is to set it in position.
TACK: The lower forward comer of a sail.
TILLER: A piece of wood connected with the rudder head. By this the rudder is moved
as desired.
TOPPING LIFT: A wire and/or rope that attaches to the top of the mast and fastens to
the end of the boom. Its purpose is to hold the end of the boom up when the mainsail is
lowered.
TRIM: To trim sails. To put them in correct relation to the wind by means of sheets.
TURNBUCKLE: A device used to maintain correct tension on rigging.