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The halyard is used to raise (hail or hal) the yard when setting the sail. A gaff rigged sail has two; a throat halyard to lift the end of the gaff nearer the mast, and a peak halyard to lift the outer end. A more modern triangular (Bermuda or "Marconi") sail has only one halyard which is attached at its uppermost point (the head).
A truck is a wooden ball, disk, or bun-shaped cap at the top of a mast, with holes in it through which flag halyards are passed. [1] Trucks are also used on wooden flagpoles, to prevent them from splitting.
The current tallest flagpole in India is the 110-metre (360 ft) flagpole in Belgaum, Karnataka which was first hoisted on 12 March 2018. [9] [10] The tallest flagpole in the United Kingdom from 1959 until 2007 stood in Kew Gardens. It was made from a Canadian Douglas-fir tree and was 68.5 m (225 ft) in height. [11]
The current tallest flagpole in India (and the tallest flying the tricolour) is the 110-metre (360 ft) flagpole in Belgaum, Karnataka which was first hoisted on 12 March 2018. [45] [46] The tallest flagpole in the United Kingdom from 1959 until 2013 stood in Kew Gardens. It was made from a Canadian Douglas-fir tree and was 68.5 m (225 ft) in ...
Cairo Flagpole: New Administrative Capital, Cairo Egypt: 201.952 m (662.57 ft) [1] 26 December 2021 Free–standing 2 National Flag Square Flagpole 2 (2024-now) Neftchiler Avenue, Bayil, Baku Azerbaijan: 191 m (626.64 ft) [2] 2 August 2024
Inglefield clips, from a Royal Navy handbook of 1943 Two brass Inglefield clips connected (a standard clip on the left and a swivel clip on the right).. The Inglefield clip (also known as a sister clip [1] and a Brummel hook [2]) is a clip for joining a flag or ensign quickly, easily and securely to flag halyards so that the flag can be hoisted. [3]