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A simple home-built jib furler, showing the furling line ready to furl the jib, and (inset) showing the furled jib This staysail schooner's large genoa has been roller-furled away, while its staysails are hanked on. Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay.
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines, also known as HHIC Phil, was a Philippines-based shipbuilding company established in February 2006 by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction of South Korea. In the same month, its first shipbuilding contract was signed for four container ships.
This is a complete list of cities and municipalities in the Philippines. The Philippines is administratively divided into 82 provinces ( Filipino : lalawigan ). These, together with the National Capital Region , are further subdivided into cities (Filipino: lungsod ) and municipalities (Filipino: bayan ).
A jib, left, compared to a roughly 110% genoa, right. The foretriangle is outlined in red. The term jib is the generic term for any of an assortment of headsails.The term genoa (or genny) refers to a type of jib that is larger than 100% of the foretriangle, which is the triangular area formed by the point at which the stay intersects the mast, and deck or bowsprit, and the line where the mast ...
Jib of jibs; Spindle jib; Flying jib; Outer jib; Inner jib; Fore staysail. [3] [4] The first two were rarely used except by clipper ships in light winds and were usually set flying. [3] [4] A storm jib was a small jib of heavy canvas set to a stay to help to control the ship in bad weather. [3]
This specific example uses a level luffing mechanism to maintain the load at approximately the same vertical height as the jib moves through its range of travel. A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support. [1] [2] An archaic spelling is gib. [3]
One of the Golden Dragon buses operating in the Philippines, with the Partas Transportation Co. Inc. A Del Monte Aero Adamant, operated by GV Florida Transport, Inc. This specific bus uses a Hino RM2P chassis paired with a Hino P11C-TH engine. Daewoo BF106 operated by HM Transport Inc. Bodied in the Philippines.
It serves the city, province of Iloilo, and the entire island of Panay in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is located in the districts of Iloilo City Proper and Lapuz , on the southeastern coast of Panay, in Iloilo Strait , and one of the country’s safest and most natural harbors. [ 3 ]