Word: halyard
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come scrambling up ladders and out of doorways. Dozens pull themselves up into the rigging, swarming 150 ft. above the deck to loosen the tightly furled sails. 'Loose the foreroyal!' cries Shannon. 'Loose the main royal! Man the fore t'gallants'l sheets and halyard there! Look alive, deck!' The sails begin to drop like curtains at a play's end. Now the men on deck haul furiously on the sheets to trim sails to the wind. A dozen men grab the hemp lines, thick as a man's wrist, brace their...
...Shams an Israeli sergeant had trouble getting the flag down off the pole. Under the gaze of Northern Command General Raphael ("Ra-ful") Eitan he shimmied up to the top of the mast while the armor, paratroop and infantry formation stood at attention, fixed the tangled halyard, and then, to the roll of a drum, brought down the Star of David. Murmured an Israeli liaison officer, "Seems we can put up flags faster than we can take them down." During the brief withdrawal ceremony, Eitan addressed the men. "This hill is a symbol both for us and for the Syrians...
...actual holder is clouded. Stock controlled by the Bank of New York may be in the name of Lerche & Co.; stock controlled by First National City may be in the name of Dooling & Co. The State Street Bank has 99 such nominees, many with nautical company names: Oar, Jib, Halyard and Bilge...
...troubled by the wash from the 125-boat spectator fleet, a faulty backstay and a spinnaker sheet that snapped with a sharp bang, causing the sail to flap wildly until the crew could wrestle it down. During a race against Heritage later in the week, Intrepid's spinnaker halyard jammed, and she had to limp along like a wounded bird until a crewman was hoisted aloft in a bosun's chair to free the flapping sail. The breakdowns and the occasionally sloppy crew work made it exceedingly difficult to assess any of the boats' chances...