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The common rail also serves as a pressure reservoir while providing furl to the injection jets.
Tying a rope to the wheel and to a pole to keep the vessel on course, Jake swung himself onto the boom and beginning to furl the sails himself.
Further furl economy is gained by sophisticated control of the conventional automatic transmission including maximizing the efficiency gains of a locked-up torque converter.
High overhead, topmen scrambled to furl and unfurl sails and tend to yards and booms and spars and various clews.
I gathered up the pieces and managed to furl in the sail relatively well: I have no more bowsprit, so no gennaker or spinnaker to hoist.
According to good seamanship the sailors have to enter the masts daily to furl, unfurl or pack the sails.
The sailors on board of a brig must enter the masts daily in order to furl the sails.
Other captains played safe, preferring to furl sails early and delay their journey.
By the time we got to the end of the test drive that day, the furl warning lights were on in nearly every car and you knew you had driven long, hard and fast.
Men who have climbed a gyrating mast to furl a sail in a storm or have laboured at the helm in rough seas will never underestimate the power of the sea.
The luff extrusion is asymmetrically shaped in order to help overcome initial resistance when starting to furl.
It is important then to furl the sail tightly, as this both preserves the sail and gives it a better shape.
The following is a generalized description of one way to set up, furl, and store a mist net.
Some operators close the net but do not furl it, because they feel it will be hard to put back up again at a later date.
It is important to furl the sail tightly and evenly, as a sail which is furled too loosely may blow out a little in strong winds.
Raising a new sail will automatically furl the sail that is already raised.
At one point, a gust ripped apart the giant sheet of paper that served as a background, so that it flapped around thunderously, as assistants scrambled to furl it.
The operation starts at one end of the table and proceeds to the other, with all the silverware and glasses and the vase of orange orchids lifted above and across the furl of cloth like sheep hopping a fence.
That yellow goes very nicely with our blue seats but, even so, I invite you to furl your umbrellas, so that the vote on the budget can proceed with the dignity befitting this Parliament.
With the large gennaker, full mainsail and at times the genoa staysail, which we furl in or unfurl on request, there is over 1,000 m2 of sail area, pulling us towards the goal.
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Examples from Classical Literature
When the royal is taken in, haul the skysail yard down with the royal yard, and furl the sail in with the royal.
By the time the Mary Jane got home, black Jack could set a stunsail, or furl a royal.
Jim and I were sent aloft to the fore-topgallant sailyard to furl the sail.
Let go the topgallant and topsail halliards, and clew up and furl the sails.
I'll take the two boys for'ard, an' you ease her up a bit so we can furl the jib.
Lay up on that main yard and furl the sail, before it blows to tatters!
As an alternative, we use the furl of the dorsal fin as an indicator of relative calf age.
These sails are frequently made to furl and unfurl like a fan.
At midnight, orders were given to furl the fore and mizen topsails.
Every effort was made to clear the wreck and to furl the sails.
We are going to loose and furl, and you can see better there than here.
The big steam pinnace went off to her ship to bring over a few bluejackets to furl my sails for me.
The catalog provides comprehensive selection information, including AGMA service class selection charts, overhung and thrust capacities, and furl dimensional data.
The headsails are cutter-rigged with electric furling systems, while the main and mizzen sails furl into the masts, which are designed and built by Amel.
But, Boris points out the advantages are the ability to furl on any point of sail and the fact that a single furl reduces the longest side of the sail for quick reefing.
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