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Gasket (sailing)

Lengths of rope or sennit used for stowing a sail

Gasket (sailing)
Summary

Lengths of rope or sennit used for stowing a sail

A gasket holding the main-royal on a modern square-rigged training ship.

In sailing, a gasket is a sail tie (a rope that is used to fasten down a sail) that is left permanently in position. This is to give ease of use in situations when working in an exposed position, such as on the yard of a square sail, or on a bowsprit. Some gaskets are made of sennit instead of rope.

Usage and history

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Earlier versions of square rig (before ) did not have a jackstay along the top of the yard. The sail hung underneath the yard, fastened on by s that passed around the entire yard. Each gasket was spliced to a ring stapled to the yard; there were two rings on each staple. In use, the gasket passed around the sail and yard and was hitched to the second ring on the staple.

gaskets were used when a large part of the bulk of the furled sail was gathered in to the centre of the yard. These could take different forms, ranging from two long gaskets that were crossed in front of the yard and sail, to triangular nets or pieces of canvas that could be hauled up with a tackle.

In some cases, the gaskets were attached to the head rope of a sail. This meant that if a sail was changed, it was already in a controlled package in its gaskets without any replacement lashings being needed, so that it could be sent down to the deck.

References

References

  1. (2016). "Hand, reef, and steer: traditional sailing skills for classic boats". Adlard Coles Nautical.
  2. (1946). "Masting and Rigging, the Clipper Ship and Ocean Carrier". Brown, Son and Ferguson, Ltd.
  3. (2015). "Seamanship in the age of sail : an account of shiphandling of the sailing man-o-war, 1600-1860".
  4. (1979). "The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War, 1625-1860". Conway Maritime Press.
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