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  Vertical Precision Flagpoles.com - Yardarms
On a 25 ft. flagpole, the yardarm should be fastened about 8 ft. from the top; on a 30 ft. flagpole, about 10 ft. from the top, and so forth.
The yardarm is supplied with a white gasket material that should be placed between both the front and rear bracket and the flagpole.
The gasket provides a firm 'grip' to prevent the yardarm from moving and also preserves the finish of the flagpole should the yardarm ever be removed.
www.vpflagpoles.com /yardarms.html   (327 words)

  
 History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 5; Ch. 12. "The Shannon and the Chesapeake," Part 2.
On square riggers, such as the Shannon and the Chesapeake, sails are hung from yardarms, horizontal sticks on perpendicular poles (masts).
Indeed, it was intended that they should at the right time make the jump from their yardarm to the enemy's yardarm.
During the battle, the air was thick with an infinity of savage wood splinters sent flying by the impact of the cannon balls shot through the wooden bulwarks.
www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part5/Ch12.htm   (3089 words)

  
 CONSTITUTION's Sail Power
In battle, the courses usually were brailed up to their yardarms to lessen the amount of damage they suffered from shot flying across the ship at their level.
Above the courses, and at the same level on the mizzen mast, were the "topsails." These were the work horses among the ship's suit of sails, being used both to drive the ship and to maneuver her in most situations.
Unlike their lower cousins, which were set from or furled to their respective yardarms, the royals were set or furled by raising or lowering their yardarms with lines from the fighting tops (the platforms high on the lower masts).
www.polkcounty.org /timonier/speaks/book19.html   (1564 words)

  
 The Flagship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The new mast utilizes three yardarms vice two on the earlier style mast.
The new mast is also 14-feet taller than the previous model that required sailors to climb ladders on the outside of the mast pole to reach various platforms and yardarms and was only accessible from the 0-11 level.
Cables to the various antennas on the new mast are run in the yardarms and are accessed through bolted covers located on the topsides of the yardarms.
www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2003/jul312003_16.shtml   (340 words)

  
 Nautical
If they had a VERY successful cruise they’d be allowed to dress her to the nines; thus, all nine yardarms would be dressed with bunting and flags when things went very well.
From the 16th century on until steam powered ships took over, British naval ships were rated as to the number of heavy cannon they carried.
Yardarms were often referred to simply as “yards.” When a warship turned through the wind the yards would have to be swung around to catch the breeze from another direction.
a0810512.uscgaux.info /nautical.html   (2147 words)

  
 Yardarm Flagpole Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Yardarm Gaff Rigger Flagpole at City Marina Charleston, SC Flags2Fly
The angle of the gaff is set to 35 degrees with the horizon, instead of the outmoded 45.
The bracket holding the gaff and the yardarm are solid cast aluminum powdercoated bright white, while pulley fittings are stainless steel.
www.excelsails.com /yardarmphoto.htm   (66 words)

  
 Sails
Ropes called BRACES run from each yardarm and allow the yard to be swiveled horizontally to catch the wind.
Other ropes called LIFTS from the masthead to the yardarms and SLINGS to the middle of the yard control the vertical movement of the yard by means of HALYARDS.
They are either fastened to the yardarms below or, in the case of the main courses, used to control the sail.
my.fit.edu /~swood/Sails.html   (410 words)

  
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The Eagle is used by the Coast Guard to train their Academy Cadets in an environment where sailing can be learned from its fundamentals.
While I wasn't on watch I participated in the ships daywork which involves the setting and dousing of sails, swinging the yardarms,  and any repairs that may be required on board.
The yardarms are the horizontal pieces that extend the sails outward and for setting and dousing sails the crew has to climb out, sometimes to where they're over water instead of the ship.
www.auroraseacadets.org /docs/ships_log_2003.doc   (275 words)

  
 Flagpoles & Yardarms - Shaw & Tenney
Shaw and Tenney is pleased to offer traditional wooden flagpoles and yardarms made with the same uncompromising quality and attention to detail as our oars and paddles.
Our flagpoles are constructed from select Eastern White spruce which has the highest strength to weight ratio of all North American softwoods.
We custom manufacture each flagpole and yardarm to your specifications and can accommodate many styles.
www.shawandtenney.com /flagpoles-yardarms.htm   (89 words)

  
 Club Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The crew standing on the yardarms and in the rigging.
Most of the crew is hanging on the yardarms.
Yellow on top, fl on the center and red on the lower yardarms..
www.clubphoto.com /_cgi-bin/app.pl/albums/large_image_view?id=60909&link_code=sa01_17   (214 words)

  
 Hennessy House Wood Flag Poles: Yardarms, Nautical, and Marine-Style Flagpoles
Owners of Hennessy House nautical style wood flag poles with horizontal yardarms have two additional halyards and may choose any combination of traditional signal flags and/or custom occasion flags.
Owners of Hennessy House nautical style poles with horizontal yardarms have two additional halyards and may choose any combination of traditional signal flags and/or custom occasion flags.
The owner, who is an architect in Dallas, designed the pole's detail, including a stainless steel top ball and the selection of flags.
www.woodenflagpoles.com /album/five.html   (319 words)

  
 2 If by Sea
Finely etched, they include yardarm supports that are bent downward to be placed for and aft of the yardarms themselves.
Again after consulting the photo etched instructions to ensure there would be no assembly problems I began to work on detailing the superstructures.
The masts were assembled and painted, all molded on yardarms were removed and they were cemented in place.
www.modelwarships.com /features/current/rn_dio_mt/2_if_by_sea.htm   (753 words)

  
 Sea Cloud Cruise - ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine
As the Captain explained what was going on, we watched as the 18-person deck crew, comprised of both men and women, climbed aloft to unfurl the sails.
Unlike the more modern Star Clippers’ ships, the deck crew onboard Sea Cloud has to scamper up the shrouds and ratlines before moving horizontally to the very end of the yardarms above the sea.
Supported only by a small wire that swings wildly about, they seemed to be floating in the air, draped over the yardarms, while untying the sails.
www.roadandtravel.com /cruiselines/2005/seacloud2.htm   (409 words)

  
 Duckworks Boatbuilders Supply
Gaff jaws and the yardarms of lugsails require some means of holding close to the mast.
The answer is to use a short line with parrel beads.
They should probably be treated with linseed oil or epoxy.
www.duckworksbbs.com /hardware/misc/parrels/index.htm   (117 words)

  
 Keelhaul,dictionary definition of Keelhaul,Meaning of Keelhaul,To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Keelhaul,dictionary definition of Keelhaul,Meaning of Keelhaul,To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side.
To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side.
It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.
www.dictionary-search.com /K/Keelhaul.htm   (79 words)

  
 Navigation, Seamanship, and Signals
This richly illustrated watch, quarter, and station bill details positions for all shipboard evolutions from making sail to general quarters.
It includes hand drawings of ships, ship guns, manning of the yardarms, sundry decorations, and drawings of St. Paul's Cathedral, Gibraltar, and Venice and music to accompany each ship call.
Six other noteworthy drawings detail sailors in position on the yardarms of the main and mizzenmasts.
www.history.navy.mil /library/anh/navig.htm   (375 words)

  
 Club Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The 'Esmeralda', from Chili, leaves the dock to turn around in the bay.
A crewman at the end of each yardarm.
Some of the crew in costumes, their band played and the crew danced on the yardarms.
clubphoto.com /_cgi-bin/app.pl/albums/large_image_view?id=60909&...   (214 words)

  
 [No title]
We are looking forward to the annual match between Yardarms and the school team before the end of term.
We are planning a Yardarms social evening on Thursday 12th October for all members of the school sailing team, present and future, plus their parents, new parents and anybody else interested in the school's sailing activities.
This was held on Thursday 12th October in the Undercroft and was a real success.
www.mtsn.org.uk /page.aspx?page_id=147   (195 words)

  
 GMM.htm
Railing in several styles, vertical and inclined ladders, flight deck antennas, cranes, post-war Ark Royal mast and yardarms, Type 277, 285, 982, and 983 radars, aircraft propellers, and Wessex rotors Fits all 1/700 kits of WW2 and post-war British aircraft carriers.
Also included are Palm Frond radars (three plus one spare), a complete foremast platform and yardarm assembly, numerous perforated platforms, deployed and folded helicopter rotors, details for the ship's boats, and a wide assortment of ECM and direction finding antennas.
A precision drilling jig is also supplied to assist in the locating of the raised rail that anchors the outer edges of the landing net.
floatingdrydock.com /GMM.htm   (6203 words)

  
 New Page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Vertical and inclined ladders, depth charge tracks and stowage racks, K-gun loading racks, aircraft catapults and recovery crane, DD and DE yardarms, DD and CL propeller guards, DD, CA, and CL-style funnel cap grilles, aircraft propellers, SA, SC, SC-2, Mk.
Contains: Railing in several styles, vertical ladders, Kiev-class yardarms and crane boom, Krivak-class masts and yardarms, Top Sail, Top Steer, Head Net C and Pop Group radars, life rings.
Railing in several styles including pre-shaped sections for upswept bow, vertical and inclined ladders, CVL masts, yardarms, and platforms in two styles, CVE mast, yardarm, and platform, CVL crane boom and funnel supports, SK, SC, and SC-2 radars, YE beacons, aircraft propellers.
whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/gmm700a.htm   (1300 words)

  
 The Black Vault - OPERATION CROSSROADS. FAILURES OF MASTS, YARDARMS, BOOMS AND RIGGING [218 Pages]
Abstract: The purpose of this report is to record factual data obtained in the field on failures of masts, booms, yardarms and rigging.
A discussion of the characteristics of the blast wave which acted on the masts and other items is contained in the overall report on superstructures and should be studied before any analysis of the material contained herein is attempted.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2004 by The Black Vault
www.bvalphaserver.com /article7990.html   (176 words)

  
 Yardarms - ECFLAG.com - a division of East Coast Flag and Banner - (717) 545-7136   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Yardarms - ECFLAG.com - a division of East Coast Flag and Banner - (717) 545-7136
East Coast Flag and Banner, Inc. is your assurance of quality that meets and exceeds all government standards.
Now you can obtain most types of flags and banners from a single source through the Internet.
www.ecflag.com /polesYA.htm   (50 words)

  
 Questions & Answers: Over the yardarm
It turns up in various forms, of which the sun’s over the yardarm is probably the most common, but one also sees not till the sun’s over the yardarm as an injunction, or perhaps a warning.
The yardarms on a sailing ship are the horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts, from which the square sails are hung.
In summer in the north Atlantic, where the phrase seems to have originated, this would have been at about 11am.
www.quinion.com /words/qa/qa-ove1.htm   (299 words)

  
 TIME.com: When Britannia Ruled -- Nov. 11, 1991 -- Page 1
It was an awesome sight: 165 British ships of the line, plus vessels from 14 other nations including the U.S. and Japan.
At a signal, seamen scurried to attention on decks and yardarms, and the warships boomed out cannon salutes as the yacht passed by.
For three hours that evening, in a dazzling display of modern technology, every ship was outlined against the somber sky by hundreds of electric lights.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,974267,00.html   (678 words)

  
 RuneGame.com Forums - DM Naval Battle Update - A Rousing Success!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
There were a lot of people falling to their deaths, but (hate to say it) that's a skill thing.
With a little practice, you can navigate the ropes, yardarms, and various riggings with no problem.
Also, if someone is camping a nest, go to the other ship and come at them across the yardarms...
www.runegame.com /vbf/showthread.php?p=214592   (372 words)

  
 microcosm: a thousand, and one night.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At some point, I wrote the words “Bow down the yardarms” on four scraps of paper and cast them about my room.
I have evidence of this only because I woke up and found them there.
In fact, they may not even be “Bow down the yardarms”, but, instead, “Yardarms down the bow”, or “The yardarms bow down”, or whatever other permutation makes sense.
microcosm.ath.cx /thoughts/index.php?id=11   (1096 words)

  
 Yardarm - Marine Products & Metal Fabrication Specialists
It's one thing for us to tell you about ourselves, but it's something else to hear it from people who deal with us.
In the past it was a hassle to block a boat, but with Yardarms it is safe, simple and easy!
Joe Brumbaugh, Shy Beaver Proshop, Inc., PA We can't tell you how grateful we are for equipment like this.
www.yardarm.com /testimonials   (140 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Setting sail: Riding high at the tall ships festival at Victoria, B.C.
VICTORIA, B.C., Canada — Like live ornaments on huge trees, Mexican sailors manned the yardarms as their colorful ship entered James Bay with a style befitting the Tall Ships Victoria festival.
Sailors man the yardarms of their ship as it enters James Bay for the Victoria festival, which took place in late June.
Not since the earlier days of this Hudson's Bay Company settlement have large sailing vessels been so dominant.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600154656,00.html   (1302 words)

  
 New Page 2
Contains: Railing in several styles including specialized rails for mast yardarms and aircraft elevators, vertical and inclined ladders, accommodation ladders, pre-shaped flight deck safety netting, aircraft refuelling hose reels, island safety cage ladders, perforated mast yardarms, SPS-10, SPS-48, and SPS-49 radars, SatCom and RDF antennas, watertight doors, bicycles, and Stokes litters.
Contains: Railing in several styles including pre-shaped sections for upswept bow, vertical and inclined ladders, aircraft catapults and recovery crane, cable reels, 20mm gun armor shields, funnel cap grilles, Mk.
Vertical and inclined ladders, depth charges tracks and stowage racks, K-gun loading racks in single-row and double-row styles, gun details, life raft racks, propeller guards, funnel cap grilles, boat details, mast and yardarm details, Mk.
whiteensignmodels.com /brochure/gmm350a.htm   (1394 words)

  
 USS St Lo Association, Inc. - The End Of A Fighting Ship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The USS St. Lo is portrayed from an angle off the starboard bow.
It depicts a tremendous explosion on the starboard side aft of the island; smoke billowing upwards; men going down lines from the bridge, flight deck and sponsor levels; the National Ensign flying from the masthead and signal flags from the yardarms; life rafts in the water.
In short, it is a pointing of a ship in battle, the whip on which many of you served.
www.ussstlo.com /media/moore_painting.cfm   (354 words)

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