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Working boats and
coastal freighters Cutter with a
single mast and
multiple headsails Schooner with two or more
masts Ocean-going
merchant vessels Brig with...
- A
sloop is a
sailboat with a
single mast
typically having only one
headsail in
front of the mast and one
mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement...
- is a single-masted boat, with two or more
headsails. On the
eastern side of the Atlantic, the two
headsails on a
single mast is the
fullest extent of...
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Triangular staysails set
forward of the
foremost mast are
called jibs,
headsails, or foresails. The
innermost such sail on a cutter, schooner, and many...
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features one mast and two sails,
typically a
Bermuda rigged main, and a
headsail. This
simple configuration is very
efficient for
sailing into the wind...
- trim
control and has a
direct effect on the
shape of the
mainsail and the
headsail.
Backstays are
generally adjusted by
block and tackle,
hydraulic adjusters...
- have
headsails (Jibs). When a
ketch is
rigged so that it can fly
multiple jibs at the same time, the rig is
sometimes referred to as a multi-
headsail ketch...
- was 32 feet (9.8 m) high and
could be lowered. The boat
could carry a
headsail and a
square rigged sail. A 10-foot (3.0 m) long deck at the bow made a...
- the forecastle, or "forecastle men", were
responsible for
handling the
headsails and the anchors. In the
Royal Navy of the 17th and 18th centuries, these...
- A
large dhow with two
settee sail rigs and a
headsail....
