Section 2, Sail Plans

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• Section 2, Sail Plans

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Figure 21 Square sail on a Yard
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Figure 22 Friendship Sloop
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Figure 23 GaffHeaded Mainsail
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Figure 24 JibHeaded Sloop
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Note the Bow Sprit and bob stay
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Vocabulary High Aspect. Having much greater
height than width. Jib-headed (sail). A
triangular sail. Lateen sail. Triangular sail
set on a yard running obliquely from the
bow. Mast Hoops. Traditional wood rings used
to secure gaff sail to the mast seized with
marline to grommets in the sail. Sail
Slides. Metal or plastic fasteners attached to
the edge of a sail and that ride on a track on
the mast or boom. Sail Slugs. Small metal
or plastic cylinders sewn to the edge of a sail
which fit into a spar cove to attach the sail
to the spar. Squaresail. A quadrilateral sail,
set from a yard on square riggers, most efficient
when sailing downwind. Track. A metal
strip on the after edge of a mast or top of a
boom on which sail slides run. Also, a metal
strip on deck for cars with blocks for adjusting
sheet leads.
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