Tack Earing
Sea Terms
The length of rope passed through the tack cringles on a fore-and-aft sail, and used to keep the slack luff of the sail down to the boom after it has been reefed.
The length of rope passed through the tack cringles on a fore-and-aft sail, and used to keep the slack luff of the sail down to the boom after it has been reefed.