lazy sheet - A line led to a sail, but is not currently in use. The line currently in use is known as the working sheet. Usually the working and lazy sheets change when the boat is tacked.
Untensioned, temporarily not in use. When two sheets or guys are attached to a sail, the lazy sheet or lazy guy is the one that does not have tension on it. The other is the loaded one.
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The sheet that is currently taught and in use to control a sail. The opposite of the lazy sheet.
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Working sheet
The sheet that currently is taut and is in use to control a sail. The opposite of the lazy sheet.
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A sheet (line) used to control the position of the jib. The jib has two sheets, and at any time one is the working sheet and the other is the lazy sheet.
jib stay
The stay that the jib is hoisted on. Usually the headstay.
As the yacht comes head to wind during a tack, the active sheet is released, and the other sheet (the lazy sheet) on the other side of the boat is pulled in. This sheet becomes the new active sheet until the next tack.
 See also: Boat, Wind, Sheet, Sail, Running
  
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