What Am I?

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wully
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Sober?
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Tripping Line ?
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Tripping Line ?
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Boom preventer.

On that subject, why is an accidental gybe sometimes called a Chinese gybe?
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Yon piece of string with a hook that Geoff will sell you with his anchor?

For me a Chinese gybe is when the top of the sail gybes thus lifting the boom (think gaff mainsail), shortly followed by the weather runner taking a whack.
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Zip
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More boaty eh? Sailbag zip.
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BlowingOldBoots wrote:I am sturdy and strong
And need to be long
Without me you can try
But you will probably cry
When a time piece will not unfly!
A mast?
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A pendulum?
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Second go. A boat hook?
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Lead line.
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Watch or clock tower?
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Whisker pole.
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.

An easy one . . .

Tight in bright light
But flabby by night
Tie a good knot
Or you're stuck on the yacht
- Nick 8)

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Yardarm
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