Cunningham (sailing)
In sailing, a cunningham or cunningham's eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail. It is named after its inventor, Briggs Cunningham, a victorious America's Cup skipper and yacht builder.
The cunningham differs from a typical downhaul in the way that it attaches to the sail. The system usually consists of a line which is secured at one end to the mast or boom below the foot of the mainsail. It is then passed through a cringle in the luff of the sail near the foot, but above the tack, and then led down on the other side to a fitting on the mast or boom or on deck.
The tension in the luff of the sail is adjusted using a combination of the halyard and the cunningham (where fitted). The primary advantage of adjusting the cunningham is the speed and ease with which the luff tension can be changed while sailing or racing. By either hauling or easing the line, the tension in the luff can be changed, thereby shifting the point of maximum draft of the sail forward or aft respectively, optimizing sail shape—and therefore—performance. It is a fine control which is used more frequently on racing sailboats than on cruising or day-sailing boats.
Cunningham (disambiguation)
Cunningham is a surname of Scottish origin. It may also refer to:
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1754 Cunningham
1754 Cunningham, provisional designation 1935 FE, is a dark, reddish Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, about 80 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, on 29 March 1935.
The asteroid is a member of the Hilda family, a large group that orbits in resonance with the gas giant Jupiter and are thought to originate from the Kuiper belt. As of 2015, it belongs to a small group of 33 known asteroids with a spectral P-type in the Tholen classification scheme. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.3–4.6 AU once every 7 years and 10 months (2,855 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.17 and is tilted by 12 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 7.4 hours and a very low albedo of 0.03, according to surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, IRAS, and the Japanese Akari space mission.
The minor planet was named in honor of American astronomer Leland Cunningham (1904–1989), who began his career as an assistant to astronomer Fred Whipple (also see 1940 Whipple) at Harvard University in the 1930s and worked at the Leuschner Observatory of University of California during the 1940s and 1950s. Cunningham discovered four minor planets himself and was a prolific computer of cometary orbits and observer of faint comets, including comet Gale, a lost comet he recovered in 1938.
Noel
Noel may refer to:
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Noel (Noel Pagan album)
Noel is a 1987 album by Latin freestyle artist Noel. It was released on CD in 1988. The album contains four singles, and reached #126 on the Billboard 200.
The first single, "Silent Morning", is his most successful single to date. It reached #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. The second single, "Like a Child", also became very popular and was his first single to reach the top position on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The third single from the album, "Out of Time" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but was the second single to reach the top of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and the last to participate. The fourth single, "Change", also had similar success as the previous singles.
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Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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The Party Scene
The Party Scene is the debut full-length studio album by American pop punk band All Time Low, released on July 19, 2005 via regional imprint Emerald Moon Records. Music videos were released for "Circles" and "The Girl's a Straight-Up Hustler". Tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 and 12 were re-recorded for the band's next EP, Put Up or Shut Up.
Track listing
All music and arrangements by All Time Low; except where noted. All lyrics by Alex Gaskarth. Additional arrangements by Paul Leavitt.
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.
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'Noel Cunningham' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Half a Sinner (1934)
Actors: Reginald Barlow (actor), Maurice Black (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), Russell Hopton (actor), Fred Kohler (actor), Jerry Mandy (actor), Joel McCrea (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Johnnie Morris (actor), Charles Murphy (actor), Harry Northrup (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Henry Armetta (actor),
Genres: Drama,Cunningham, Noel Filmography
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: producer
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2001, role: producer
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1989, role: miscellaneous crew
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1982, role: actor , character name: Newsboy
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1980, role: actor , character name: Boy in 1958 Camping Circle
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1978, role: actor , character name: Berty
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1978, role: actor , character name: Noel 'Peanuts' Cady
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