Wire Rope. Wire rope is made of metal wires twisted into strands and braided around a metal or fiber core. Wire rope is frequently used in rigging slings, as well as in multiple applications in the construction, mining, agriculture, and transportation industries.

There are halyards, sheets, brails, vangs, tricing lines, warps, whips and jackstays to mention but a few categories. Within each type there are lots of specific titles like jib topsail sheet, peak halyard, bunt lines and so on. Once you know the job a rope does then the rest of the name describes where it acts.

Tying your boat to the dock or to a permanently anchored float is known as mooring, and your boat when docked will be moored. Your docking line can also be called a mooring line. 8. Cleat. The cleat is a plastic or metal fitting to which you can secure your mooring or docking line.

Running and Standing Rigging Lines The yacht rope or line that runs up the mast, thus pulling up the mainsail, is called the halyard; whereas the rope which brings the sail back down is called the downhaul.