jib-halyards

"Let go the jib-halyards and come in on the downhaul!"

Chapter XI 1902

"Let go the jib-halyards and come in on the downhaul!"

The Cruise of the "Dazzler" 1902

Here was a heap of gear -- stay-sail, and jib-halyards, and other ropes, some of the ends swarming overboard.

Great Sea Stories Various 1897

"Let go the jib-halyards and come in on the downhaul!"

The Cruise of the Dazzler Jack London 1896

Impulsively I sprang to the jib-halyards and down-haul, and instantly downed the jib.

Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1877

Two hands were at the cable, and two more at the jib-halyards.

The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Oliver Optic 1859

"Now, stand by the jib-halyards, Monkey," shouted the skipper, as he took the helm.

Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. Oliver Optic 1859

Before the gun was fired, the captain had stationed a hand in each yacht at the cable, and others at the jib-halyards and down-hauls.

The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Oliver Optic 1859

Nothing daunted, the fellow was holding on, his jib-halyards alone having been carried away, and the jib was slashing about under his bows.

Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

I now jumped to the jib-halyards and down-haul, getting that sail reduced; then I half-brailed the spanker; this was done lest my hold on the yard should give way.

Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" James Fenimore Cooper 1820