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Reefing

In sailing, reefing is the practice of reducing the area of a sail to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds. This is usually achieved by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself and attaching the unused portion to a spar or a stay. Restoring full sail area is termed shaking out a reef.

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Ship's boatVasaBonnetsMary Rose
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Fore-and-aft rigs

CringlesGooseneck
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Square rigs

Yard
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SailingSailSailing vesselCanvasSpar
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Reefing

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Edges21
Triples30
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
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Reefing

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related to history · 11
Reefing → Dublin City Seal, In, Mary Rose, Medieval, Other, The, These, This, Vasa, Vasa's, With
related to Fore-and-aft rigs · 6
Reefing → Alternatively, In, Sails, The, These, This
related to Roller · 5
Reefing → Countering, Furling, In, In-mast, Roller
related to Slab · 4
Reefing → Intermediate, One, Slab, These
related to Square rigs · 3
Reefing → Each, Square-rigged, When
is a · 1
Reefing → practice of reducing the area of a sail to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds

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sail reef spar area boom cringles may points winds unused stay foot sails first used one around either rolling portion

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Reefingis apractice of reducing the area of a sail to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds0.90text
Reefingrelated to Fore-and-aft rigsSails0.60section
Reefingrelated to Fore-and-aft rigsIn0.60section
Reefingrelated to Fore-and-aft rigsThese0.60section
Reefingrelated to Fore-and-aft rigsThe0.60section
Reefingrelated to Fore-and-aft rigsAlternatively0.60section
Reefingrelated to Fore-and-aft rigsThis0.60section
Reefingrelated to historyThe0.60section
Reefingrelated to historyDublin City Seal0.60section
Reefingrelated to historyVasa0.60section
Reefingrelated to historyVasa's0.60section
Reefingrelated to historyThese0.60section

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