Throat halyard

In sailing, the throat halyard[1] (or throat for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the end further from the mast.

Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged schooners and in other ships with fore-and-aft rigging.

It is absent in Bermuda rigged boats.

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