How would you say mainsheet or jib sheet in Spanish. These are sailing terms.

Question

The context is sailing and its vocabulary in Spanish. How does one say "main sheet" or "jib sheet" in Spanish?

Answer 1

A rope (cabo/maroma) or line (cuerda/línea) is called a rope or line only before it is put into service or use.

Once put into use to control either the main or the jib, the Spanish word "La escota" or "The sheet" is used.

Mainsheet = La escota de la mayor,

Jibsheet = La escota del foque

I hope this helps.

Moe

well explained Moe, as in sailing terms the word rope is not used, always a line - Jon-Dunn, Jul 18, 2013

Answer 2

Definitely useful terms. After looking smoe things up my best guess would be:

Cabo o maroma -> sheet foque -> jib vela mayor -> main

Cabo de foque, cabo de vela mayor.

Answer 3

Hola Sailor. Welcome to the forum.

Here's a list of sailing terms in Spanish.