All on deck must be aware of, and if possible avoid, the potential arc of the boom, mainsheet and other gear in case an accidental jibe occurs during a run.
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In the closing weeks of the century, Dawn Riley seemed destined to make sailing's year-end list as the most significant American woman ever to haul a mainsheet or spin a rudder.
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"( Winning ) was not easy, " said Kiwi mainsheet trimmer Warwick Fleury, who became a team spokesman when Coutts and tactician Brad Butterworth decided to avoid the postrace news conference.
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John Marshall, Conner's mainsheet trimmer on board " Liberty " in the'83 campaign, was given the job of design team coordinator essential during the testing and tuning phase.
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Certain areas of the side-decks and maybe the cockpit also have to be strictly'no-go'to all crew depending on what the boom and mainsheet could do in unchecked full swing.
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On the smallest boats, a sheet is often a simple rope, pulled by hand; on larger boats, usually on the mainsheet, it is often a system using several blocks to provide mechanical advantage.
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Do not sail " by the lee " except for brief durations ( such as to avoid an obstacle ), and only when keeping all crew clear of the boom swing and the arc of the mainsheet sweep.
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He started Cup sailing in 1983 as a 23-year-old mainsheet trimmer for the late Tom Blackaller on Defender, the team that lost the Challenger finals to Dennis Conner's ill-fated Liberty campaign.
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The rig features a fractional asymmetric spinnaker; a self-tacking jib decreases the work load of the crew, making maneuvers more efficient and freeing the crew to take the mainsheet upwind and on two-sail reaches.
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To the discordant sounds of halyards slapping against masts and sirens screeching down Storrow Drive last Wednesday, 11-year-old Brad Louw hauled in on the mainsheet, swung the tiller over and instructed me to shove off.
