Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
hands by the weather-main-brace
English answer:
crew to operate the up-wind ropes controlling the mainsail
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Tony M
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English term
Hands by the weather-main-brace
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
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May 19, 2012 16:00: Michal Berski changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Ships, Sailing, Maritime"
Mar 14, 2013 21:07: Tony M Created KOG entry
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crew to operate the up-wind ropes controlling the mainsail
hands = crewmen
weather = up-wind (opposite of lee)
main = mainsail
brace = square riggers have both sheets to manipulate the lower corners of the sail, and also braces that control the angular movement of the main spar.
So this seems like it is an order to manipulate the mainsail (usually the first one to be adjusted) or a description of this manipulation.
Plenty of descriptions of handling square-rigged ships are avaibale on the 'Net.
weather = up-wind (opposite of lee)
main = mainsail
brace = square riggers have both sheets to manipulate the lower corners of the sail, and also braces that control the angular movement of the main spar.
So this seems like it is an order to manipulate the mainsail (usually the first one to be adjusted) or a description of this manipulation.
Plenty of descriptions of handling square-rigged ships are avaibale on the 'Net.
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Andrew Bramhall
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Everyone must work together towards the same goal.
Basically a guess, because it's similar to a number of nautically inspired idioms in English. More common is " all hands on deck", "all hands on the pump" all hands on the main brace", which are all exhortations to greater effort and teamwork to achieve a common goal. Your version as posted doesn't actually exist.
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Tony M
: But here it is the literal meaning that is intended, which most certainly does exist!
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all deckhands to go to the main-brace on the side the wind is blowing on
"hands" refers to the crew
"weather" means on the side the wind is blowing towards
"main-brace" is a rope by which a yard is swung and secured on a square-rigged ship.
"weather" means on the side the wind is blowing towards
"main-brace" is a rope by which a yard is swung and secured on a square-rigged ship.
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Tony M
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Thanks, Tony!
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Phong Le
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Thanks, Phong Le!
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Michal Berski
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Thanks, Michal!
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