[Milsurplus] Question About Guy Wires

[Al Klase]

Hi Clete,

The Oxford English Dictionary has it covered.

vang Naut.

(væŋ)

[var. fang n. 7 a.]

One or other of the two ropes used for steadying the gaff of a 
fore-and-aft sail.

1769 Falconer Dict. Mar. s.v. Brace, The mizen-yard is furnished with 
fangs, or vangs, in the room of braces. Ibid., Vangs, a sort of braces 
to support the mizen gaff, and keep it steady.

The OED's a true treasure.

Al

On 5/19/2013 8:05 AM, C.Whitaker wrote:
> Dave,
> No, I think you are absolutely right.
> Just picture the raising of a mast by using
> a gin pole. While the mast is on the ground,
> the gin pole is stood up near vertical while
> the guy wires are tied to the mast.
> The vang guys, one each side of the gin pole,
> are tied to the two anchors on the sides.
> They serve the same purpose as they would
> with the gaff, keep the gin pole where it belongs
> as it is pulled down to the ground..
> Vang is not in my College Webster.
> After all these years, now I know,
> Tnx 73 Clete
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> On 5/18/2013 6:03 PM, Dave Maples wrote:
>> Clete: A "vang" is defined in sailing as a pair of ropes from the end 
>> of a
>> gaff to opposite sides of the deck. A "gaff" is defniued as the spar on
>> which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is extended. If you search "gaff
>> rigging" you can see the diagram for a gaff in relation to a sailing 
>> mast.
>>
>> I suspect they were called "vang guys" because they function much the 
>> same
>> as the vangs that anchor a gaff on a boat, but I could be wrong.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave WB4FUR
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of C.Whitaker
>> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:18 PM
>> To: Milsurplus
>> Subject: [Milsurplus] Question About Guy Wires
>>
>>
>> de WB2CPN
>> My memory needs an Unwiggle.
>> Look in your TM'S, etc, and find the page
>> where the instructions for erecting masts such
>> as the one used with the TRC-1 are found.
>> I've erected many of them, and even the WWII
>> masts made of wood slabs.
>> There was a "back guy", and a "front guy" from
>> which the antenna was pulled up.
>> There was a guy on each side to keep the antenna
>> from falling over sideways. We used a "gin pole",
>> which was guyed on both sides to keeep the gin pole
>> in the center.
>> What was the name of these guys on the sides, and
>> I'm not looking for a name like "side guys" which was
>> used in this month's QST. (I think ARRL just discovered
>> the gin pole.)
>> In the time frame 1946 - 1965 we called them
>> "vang guys". I think that was in the TM.
>> Vang is not in my Dictionary, so why did we call them
>> that? If it's an acronym I can't decode it.
>> 73 Clete in South Central PA
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
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