page_title: Throat halyard
hierarchical_section_title: Throat halyard
caption_attribution_description: Illustration of the edges of a gaff-rigged sail, and the running rigging that hoists the sail. Photo is of the schooner Shrike near Kingston, ON in September 2005.
context_page_description: In sailing, the throat halyard is a line that raises the end of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the end further from the mast. Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged schooners and in other ships with fore-and-aft rigging. It is absent in Bermuda rigged boats.
context_section_description: In sailing, the throat halyard (or throat for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the end further from the mast. Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged schooners and in other ships with fore-and-aft rigging. It is absent in Bermuda rigged boats.
caption: Halyards (and edges) on a gaff rigged sail
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