Glossary of Thames Sailing Barge Terms
More Terms will be added and updated as the Restoration progresses
| Vang | One of a pair of wires rigged from the sprit end to the deck, controlling the sprit (port and starboard). The vang fall is the tackle rigged on the lower end of the vang, whose lower blocks are mounted near each end of the main horse. Rolling vangs are preventers led forward to complete the control of the sprit in heavy weather, in order to keep the sprit out to leeward. (Pronounced 'wang.') |
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| Wale | A deep timber of added thickness which runs the full length of the barge and protects the sides below the rail. |
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