{"id":1313,"date":"2017-12-04T14:05:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tradewindssailing.com\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:01:17","slug":"frap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/skippers-tip\/frap\/","title":{"rendered":"FRAP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not cursing at you, although it is one of my personal pet-peeves!<\/p>\n

Here it is from Merriam-Webster<\/a>:<\/p>\n

verb<\/em><\/span> \\\u02c8<\/span>frap\\<\/span><\/p>\n

frapped\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>frap\u00b7<\/span>ping<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Definition of FRAP<\/em><\/p>\n

transitive verb<\/p>\n

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:<\/strong>\u00a0 to draw tight (as with ropes or cables) <frap<\/em> a sail><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I’m not sure why they say “<frap a sail>” – I’ve never heard it used in that way. A common use around here is, “Frap your halyards!”<\/p>\n

This morning as I was headed down to the docks to make a couple of pre-Saturday repairs, I was met by a friend, who is also a live-aboard (lives on his\u00a0boat). His complaint to me was that it was very hard to sleep the night before because of all of the banging halyards! This prompted a walk-around of the Tradewinds Fleet and 3 emails to members about frapping halyards this morning!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/20150627_085333.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

This one should have been an easy one – there is only one half of the halyard outside the mast, the other half is internal<\/strong><\/em>. It is simply a matter of loosening it, flipping it around the spreaders, and tightening it up.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example of a little tougher one to remember (excuse my crayon drawings!):<\/p>\n

\"Not<\/a>

This Halyard is Not Frapped!<\/p><\/div>\n

In this case, the SIQ (sailor in question) remembered to clip the end of the halyard that connects to the head of the sail away from the mast, but forgot the other half! This is an external halyard<\/strong><\/em>. Both halves of the halyard are on the outside of the mast. This must be loosened, the shackle end clipped away from the mast, the other end flipped around the spreaders, and then tightened and secured.<\/p>\n

Here’s another one of my wonderful crayon drawings illustrating the difference between internal and external halyards:<\/p>\n

\"Frap<\/a>

Internal vs. External Halyards<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s another great crayon-ed on drawing of the previous one, properly frapped this time!<\/p>\n

\"Properly<\/a>

Properly Frapped External Halyard!<\/p><\/div>\n

Now the simple version:<\/p>\n

Before you leave, look up the mast! If there are any lines on it, something isn’t stowed properly! If you are unsure how to properly frap a halyard on a specific boat, please ask! Help us respect our neighbors by letting them get a good night’s sleep! There will probably always be halyards banging in the marina, but let’s not let them be ours!<\/p>\n

Happy Frapping!<\/p>\n

-Matt K<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not cursing at you, although it is one of my personal pet-peeves! Here it is from Merriam-Webster: verb \\\u02c8frap\\ frapped\u00a0frap\u00b7ping Definition of FRAP transitive verb :\u00a0 to draw tight (as with ropes or cables) <frap a sail> I’m … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skippers-tip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1323,"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tradewindssailing.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}