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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...
- usage, a
sloop is a
sailboat with a
single mast
generally having only one
headsail in
front of the mast and one
mainsail abaft (behind) the mast. It is a...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
- and the
foremost mast. Jibs and
spinnakers are the two main
types of
headsails on a
modern boat.
Boats may be
sailed using a jib alone, but more commonly...
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actually moving).
headsail Any sail set in
front of the most
forward mast. A
sailing vessel may have one or more
headsails. A
headsail may be
hanked to...
- on a bowsprit. A jib is a
headsail that is set in
front of any
other headsails, or in
modern usage, may be the only
headsail. It may be
hanked to a stay...
