| We also slept in hammocks, stood lookout watch at the end of the jibboom and furled topgallant sails during beautiful evening sunsets. |
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| The sail were loosed and reefed, furled and unfurled, braces manned, halyards tested. |
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| Rising menacingly over the top of a nearby dune was nothing more than a partially furled beach umbrella in its stand. |
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| There was a glint of light on their deck, and she saw that she too was being watched, then turned her attention to the sails being furled. |
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| Notice the wind turbine that has its blades furled also has stopped turning. |
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| For a start, the people queuing for kebabs after the march furled their banners. |
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| A fortnight ago, the marchers carried loyalist flags, but claimed that, since the flags were furled, that was all right. |
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| The bat furled his left wing around his body, and seemed to stretched upwards. |
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| The ships' sails were furled and covered, their many masts looked like forlorn trees in a winter storm. |
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| Telli furled the sail as they entered its mouth and they drifted up to a small jetty, timing it perfectly so they had no need to use the oars. |
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| Next take some furled red roses, 300 or 400, clean, fresh and culled before dewfall. |
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| Aida remembered that Maria arose early in the morning, when the blooms were tightly furled. |
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| Large sprit rigs leave the sprit standing, and the sail is furled by brailing it up to the mast and headrope. |
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| They spent their time in spelling out yarns about the boats plying the seas, and the men that furled the sails and manned the tillers. |
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| Hardly had his sails been furled and his mooring made fast than he was hustling his passengers ashore. |
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| The sails were all furled in tight bundles around the various booms, and a lantern gleamed with white light on the bowsprit. |
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| The sail was furled with the boom too high or, put another way, with the topping lift too tight. |
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| A man stands in the foreground, his back to the camera, sockless in khaki jacket and sola topi, frayed white pants and black shoes, a furled umbrella hooked over his elbow. |
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| 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. |
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| If the wind is too strong, or there are other reasons for not wanting to unfurl the sail completely, it can be reefed from the furled position. |
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| In his prefectures, with the tricolour furled behind his desk, instructions were carried out to the letter and correct form was followed. |
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| Stylised five-leaf or furled three-leaf vine motifs are the most favoured floral designs of Aghlabid decoration. |
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| Note that when the sail is furled, the weight of the sail may cause the clew to move downwards. |
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| A very loosely furled sail may also cause unnecessary wear, as the sail roll will swing back and forth in the wind. |
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| Existing or new gennakers with long fore leech can be furled with systems as shown in Fig.2, without any modifications necessary. |
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| Keep light tension on the jib sheet as the sail is being furled to get a nice tight wrap. |
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| The weather conditions during our test sail of Fantazia were particularly clement, and the genoa was soon furled and replaced by the gennaker. |
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| The sail can be partly furled before the start, giving good visibility and easy manoeuvring of the boat. |
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| These were created in two sets, furled and unfurled, which could be quickly switched between shots. |
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| Check that the sail is correctly furled on the luff extrusion: i.e. to its starboard side. |
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| The furling mandrel is the inner part of the in-boom furler, the sails is furled around it as it rotates. |
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| When furled, the square sails vanished inside the booms, although the 15 fore-and-aft sails were handled like any modern sail-boat's roller-furling jib. |
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| Fearing they would be blown into the island cliffs, the crew furled the main sail, then to lower the ship's profile further, Alexander ordered the main spar lowered. |
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| Never tension the halyard when the sail is reefed or furled. |
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| Paper is light and portable, can be furled or folded, offers high definition and excellent contrast, needs no back-up power to maintain its image, and lasts for hundreds of years. |
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| If the sail is furled with the aid of a winch, take great care. |
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| That means it cannot be folded or even furled. |
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| The poly-lobed stylised vine leaf, furled or opened, is one of the most characteristic elements of the Kairouanese decorative repertoire of the Middle Ages. |
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| Tack swivel with a free-turn, combined with the uniform profile of the forestay extrusion, give a perfectly furled sail and effective performance even when reefed. |
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| From these rings emerge two symmetrical spear motifs set along the longitudinal axis and four furled, tri-lobed leaves pointing towards each corner. |
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| Inside, long strips of freshly rolled steel furled up like yoga mats. |
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| Word spread quickly as other Confederate States of America units furled their flags and laid down their arms. |
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| It proved to be a mistake as the wind kicked back in as it headed, and by the time I'd furled in the genoa I had to put in a tack to cross the gate. |
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| We sprang aloft and double reefed the topsails, and furled all the other sails, and made all snug. |
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| A partly furled square sail is rigged to the single mast. |
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| My brow furled again at the lack of a centre-console storage bin. |
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| In contrast to the in-mast furling systems, where the sail is rolled onto a vertical luff rod within the mast profile, with a boom reef system the sail is furled and reefed horizontally onto a hollow section within the boom. |
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