Fractional Rig Sloop - Like the masthead sloop except the forestay is not attached at the top of the mast but generally 3/4 to 7/8 up. This allows for bending the mast (by adjusting the backstay) to control the shape of the main. ...
fractional rig - A type of rig where the jib attaches below the top of the mast.
fronts - Used in mmeteorology to describe bounderies between hot and cold air masses. This is typically where bad weather is found.
Fractional Rig: A rig where the headstay does not go to the bottom of the mast.
Furious Fifties: An area between 50 degrees and 60 degrees latitude noted for very strong winds and huge seas.
Galley: Kitchen.
fractional rig - A rig where the sloop's jib does not reach the top of its mast, but instead to a point 3/4~ 7/8ths, etc., of the way up the mast.
Fractional Rig:
A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4:7/8 of the way up the mast.
The fractional rig features a self-tacking jib with the track on the housetop and an SA/D of 19.15. The mainsheet leads to a barney post-type arrangement in the cockpit so there is no traveler.
The fractional rig--the headstay intersects the mast partway down from the masthead.
Running backstays are found on both masthead rigs and fractional rigs. There are some rigs for which running backstays may be used without a permanent backstay.
 See also: Boat, Hull, Rig, Forward, Sail
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