Luff Tackle

A tackle formed of a length of rope and a double and single block.

Luff upon Luff. One luff-tackle applied to the fall of another luff-tackle.

Log Foresail. A sail which takes the place of the regular working foresail on a schooner. It is cut long on the foot so as to sheet about six feet abaft the mainmast, and is sometimes bent on to the fore-boom as far as the spar goes.