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huon
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(new user)
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06/06/2008 10:10
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werona
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excuse my ignorance,but can anyone tell me what is a taffrail,and what is a belaying pin Fyfe rail? toodle pip!
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Re: werona
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Here goes...
Taffrail is the low board above the stern of a flush-deck boat.
A belaying pin rail is found at the mast foot or at the hounds for securing running rigging. The pins slot into the rail and act as cleats. I don't know the significance of Fyfe... perhaps a refinement?
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Re: werona
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I am not sure that a boat needs to have flush decks to have a taffrail. I remember the Cowal class of yacht, built in very small numbers by Morris and Lorrimer and that had an ornamental taffrail but not flush decks.
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Re: werona
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A fyfe rail is a pin rail that is specificly fitted around the mast, on square riggers it belays the clewlines, buntlines and halyards etc.
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Re: werona
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. . . .and is spelt 'fife', as the pins have similarities in appearance to the musical instruments found on square-rigged ships. They don't look like fifes to me either, but if those old-time sailors could imagine that manatees and dugongs resemble beautiful women, then it's not such a great leap of the imagination.
Peter.
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