A rope sewn round the edge of a vessel's sail to prevent tearing.
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I had about a hundred feet of bolt rope to sew around the two sails, and it took two days to do it.
On top of that, bolt ropes are costly to install and to repair.
There is no comparison of strength and stretch resistance between a hand sewn bolt rope and a machine sewn bolt rope.
The upper and lower hems have bolt ropes installed to slide inside the yard and boom.
An hour later it was necessary to take in the canvas to prevent it from being blown out of the bolt ropes.
After the sails are fully laid out and all lines drawn on them, glue the bolt ropes, foot ropes, and other re-enforcing lines, as appropriate.
If your sails have bolt ropes or luff tapes that are hoisted through luff grooves, it's likely that the top of the bolt rope or luff tape will experience damage.
Others have bolt ropes on whole edges pulling away and cloth is tearing easily.
In contrast, the bolt rope sail has much greater turbulence in the area immediately behind the mast.
These holes were sewn all round or enclosed with narrow bolt ropes.
Definition of bolt rope in US English:
bolt rope
noun
A rope sewn around the edge of a vessel's sail to prevent tearing.
帆边绳
Example sentencesExamples
There is no comparison of strength and stretch resistance between a hand sewn bolt rope and a machine sewn bolt rope.
Others have bolt ropes on whole edges pulling away and cloth is tearing easily.
After the sails are fully laid out and all lines drawn on them, glue the bolt ropes, foot ropes, and other re-enforcing lines, as appropriate.
I had about a hundred feet of bolt rope to sew around the two sails, and it took two days to do it.
In contrast, the bolt rope sail has much greater turbulence in the area immediately behind the mast.
On top of that, bolt ropes are costly to install and to repair.
If your sails have bolt ropes or luff tapes that are hoisted through luff grooves, it's likely that the top of the bolt rope or luff tape will experience damage.
These holes were sewn all round or enclosed with narrow bolt ropes.
An hour later it was necessary to take in the canvas to prevent it from being blown out of the bolt ropes.
The upper and lower hems have bolt ropes installed to slide inside the yard and boom.