halyard


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a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag

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It was a slight uphill climb, for the foresail peaked high; and the halyards, running through various blocks on the gaff and mast, gave him separate holds for hands and feet.
He cleared the sheet, and was free to return, slightly downhill now, along the halyards to the mast.
"Stand by main halyards!--Jump!" he could hear Skipper shouting loudly; also he heard the high note of the mainsheet screaming across the sheaves as Van Horn, bending braces in the dark, was swiftly slacking the sheet through his scorching palms with a single turn on the cleat.
Captain Dettmar, springing aft, lifted the coiled mainsail halyards from their pins and threw them, ready to run, on the deck.
Then it was, the danger past, and as the Kanakas began to coil the halyards back on the pins, that Boyd Duncan went below.
Halyard Capital, the New York-based private equity firm, has announced the sale of its portfolio company, StratEx, to Toast, the fastest-growing restaurant management platform in the US StratEx, headquartered in Chicago, provides HR and payroll solutions for restaurants, the company said.
Dan's Chefs of the North Fork at The Halyard at Sound View Greenport is slated for July 13.
The event, held at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium, featured a variety of exciting specialist performers, including aerial acrobat and flame thrower Edson Caballero and Steve Cousins, the balloonatic and ringmaster | | To send us your snaps, email pictures as jpgs to gazettepeople@gazettemedia.co.uk, post them to Gazette People, Newsdesk, The Gazette, First Floor, 1 Hudson Quay, The Halyard, Middlesbrough, TS3 6RT or check out the link at www.gazettelive.co.uk.
NEW YORK: Halyard Capital announced the sale of its portfolio company, Jun Group to Advantage Solutions.
7 August 2018 - A controlling stake in New York, US-based healthcare focused ad-tech marketing company SRAXmd's business has been sold to a group of institutional investors including Halyard Capital, the company said.
Its product line includes GRPro 2.1 cold and compression therapy system; Med4 Elite multi-modality therapy unit; ATX Wraps; and a variety of product accessories, all of which complement Halyard's existing Pain Management portfolio.
The rites usually begin with the raising of the flag when the guest of honor traditionally holds the halyard line, the rope used to hoist the flag.
Halyard Health announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoolSystems, marketed as Game Ready, a market-leading provider of cold therapy and compression therapy systems for a total consideration of $65M in cash.