Examples of halyard

• She walked by the marina, where the halyards jingled on the masts of the boats that were berthed there.

• "Fly," he yelled and let the spinnaker halyard go.

• A new set of scarves and banners were being bent onto halyards ready for hoisting.

• The spar crashed down across the cabin top in a tangle of twisted stays and halyards.

• Sail was added or clapped on from the physical act of hands being clapped around the halyards which were the ropes which hoisted the sail.

• When sailing close to the wind, all that is needed is to ease the halyard.

• While this is fast and easy, it will also make a mess of the halyards, boom hauling parrel, yard hauling parrel, and downhauls.

• The head of the sail is attached to the spinnaker halyard, which is used to raise the sail.