Foresail: - is set on the foremast of a schooner
Stay sail: - any sail attatched to a stay.
Jib: - a triangular foresail in front of the foremast.
foresail - A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jjib.
forestay - A line running from the bow of the boat to the upper part of the mastmast designed to pull the mast forward.
Foresail
A foresail is the sail (such as a jib) located immediately in front of the main mast. It is attached to the forestay.
Forestay (sometimes called a jibstay, or a headstay) ...
Foresail - the jib
Fouled - entangled or clogged
Freeboard - the distance from the highest point of the hull to the water ...
Foresail: Any sail used between the mast and the forestay.
Forestay: A mast support that runs from the top of the mast, or near the top of the mast, to the bow.
Foresail
A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jib.
Forestaysail
A sail attached to the forestay, as opposed to a jib, which is attached to the headstay.
foresail - In square rigged ships the large lower sail set on the foremast; in cutters the triangular sail or jib foresail set on the forestay; in fore-and-aft schooners the gaff sail set abaft the foremast.
Foresail:
A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jib; the sail set from the foremast on a schooner; the lowest square sail on the foremast of Square Riggers.
Foresail
On a schooner the fore and aft sails set on the fore mast.
Forestay ...
foresail
Pronounced "fore-sul". 1) British term for jib. 2) In a schooner, a small sail set between the two masts.
forestaysail ...
Foresail - lowest square sail on the foremast
Forestay - Wire, sometimes rod, support for the mast, running from the bowsprit or foredeck to a point at or near the top of the mast.
Foretriangle The triangle formed by the forestay, mast, and fore deck.
a foresail, a triangle shaped sail forward of the mast
Jibe
a change of tack while going downwind ...
Lapper - A foresail which extends back of and overlapping the mast, such as a 110 genoa jib.
Latitude - The distance north or south of the equator measured and expressed in degrees.
Lazarette - A storage space in a boats stern area.
Lapper: A foresail that extends backwards beyond the mast and thereby, overlapping it
Latitude: The north-south distance of the equator measured in degrees
Lazarette: The storage space in the front part of the hull ...
bare sailing Sailing with sheets too far in barging Forcing one's way illegally between the starting mark and boats to leeward [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] bark A three-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foresail and ...
French and Spanish ships which frequented this water, had their foresails cut thin, so that they should not be blown off the wind when pointing.
If your boat is rigged as a cutter or yawl the foresail may have the tack made fast to the eyebolt to which the stay is set up. The luff of the sail is seized to galvanized iron hanks that run up and down on the stay.
The foresail is not bent to the yard, but is set flying. In some cases there are no yards at all and the schooner is then called a fore-and-aft schooner, a schooner with yards being sometimes called a square-rigged schooner.
This includes a picture of barges with their mainsails, topsails and foresails brailed up
One of these pictures clearly shows the sprit on the starboard side of the mainsail.
A barge running and on a starboard tack.
Genoa: A large foresail or jib that overlaps the mainsail.
Give-Way: To yield the right of way to another boat.
(GPS) Global Positioning System: Method of using satellite signals to fix a position.
jib: a foresail. On a cutter this is the forward most sail, as opposed to staysail located between the jib and the main mainsail (main): the sail which is attached to the mast and boom, usually the biggest working sail; ...
The usual schooner is set up with one or more headsails, followed by a gaff foresail set on the foremast and either a gaff or Bermudan mainsail on the mainmast. The staysail schooner replaces the foresail with a staysail between the masts.
Warships many times had their foresails or jib sails cut thinly so that they could maintain point and not be blown off course.
Jib: - a triangular foresail in front of the foremast.
Jib Sheet The lines that lead from the clew of the jib.
Jibboom -Spar forward of bowsprit
Jibe. To go from one tack to the other when running with the wind coming over the stern ...
Jib: Also called the 'foresail' because it is in the front of the boat. Some sailboats have several types of jibs that are used for different purposes.
Sailing downwind with a mainsail set on one side and the foresail on the other
grab rails
Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.
A style of sailboat characterized by a single mast with one mainsail and one foresail. Also see cutter.
Slot ...
to Becalm : To render quiet or calm by intercepting the current of air in its passage to an object (e.g. the jib is becalmed by the foresail before the wind).
The headsail furling drum is flush with the deck, as is the hatch for ground tackle, further enhancing the uncluttered appearance. The furler controls a 104-percent foresail that, according to Benjamin, ...
Most are single-masted "Bermuda sloops" (not to be confused with the type of traditional Bermudian ship known as a Bermuda sloop), with a single foresail of the jib or genoa type and a single mainsail ...
 See also: Sailing, Mast, Boat, Running, Wind
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