The lines used to raise and lower the sails External halyards are located outside the mast; internal halyards pass through the inside of a hollow mast HALYARD HOOK-A restraining fitting used with wire rope halyards that have ball joint fittings in order to lock and belay the ball joint at a predetermined position HANKS-Clip or snap fittings sewn into the luff of the jib for attaching the sail to the stay HEAD-The top corner of the sail HEADBOARD-The reinforcing member sewn into the sail at the head, usually fitted with a cringle HEAD SAIL-Any sail forward of the mast, such as the jib "HIKING STICK"-See TILLER EXTENSION HOUND-A wraparound strap-type mast fitting used to secure stays and other fittings to the mast HYFIELD LEVER-A lever actuator with scissors action for adjusting tension on stays, halyards, etc Usually used with competition craft
In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line (rope) that is used to hoist a sail, a flag or a yard. The term halyard comes from the phrase, 'to haul yards'
A part of running rigging, halyards are used to raise and lower sails On this boat, we will only have to worry about a "main halyard" as the jib is controlled using "Roller Furling" (see below) The main halyard, on most boats, is found on the starboard side of the mast