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Tourism & Travel / instalaciones náuticas deportivas | | Spanish term or phrase: cabuyería | | cabuyería:Conjunto de cabos de una embarcación. |
| | | lines | Explanation:
This is purely to provide an alternative:
1. Link below - Just to make everything more confusing, the "proper" names for ropes on a sailboat, when they have a purpose and use, are lines, as in "Throw me a line." But most sailors use the terms interchangeably without confusing their crews, and they are equally acceptable.
2. Link below: Sailboats and the art of sailing involve a lot of ropes—although old salts will tell you there are no “ropes” on a boat at all, just lines and sheets. These lines must be tied to things, around things, to other lines, on cleats, etc. Over the centuries sailors have devised literally hundreds of knots and variations for special purposes! |
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Explanation:
This is purely to provide an alternative:
1. Link below - Just to make everything more confusing, the "proper" names for ropes on a sailboat, when they have a purpose and use, are lines, as in "Throw me a line." But most sailors use the terms interchangeably without confusing their crews, and they are equally acceptable.
2. Link below: Sailboats and the art of sailing involve a lot of ropes—although old salts will tell you there are no “ropes” on a boat at all, just lines and sheets. These lines must be tied to things, around things, to other lines, on cleats, etc. Over the centuries sailors have devised literally hundreds of knots and variations for special purposes!
Reference: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/looking-at-a-sailboat....
Reference: http://sailing.about.com/od/learntosail/a/basicsailingknotsh...
| Rick Larg
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