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...

sloop. The jib is a headsail. See cutter rig for other examples of headsails. Gunter-rigged sloop Gaff-rigged sloop with a headsail and a gaff topsail...

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...

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...

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...

Triangular staysails set forward of the foremost mast are called jibs, headsails, or foresails. The innermost such sail on a cutter, schooner, and many...

Brig: two square-rigged masts and headsails Fully rigged ship: three or more (all) square-rigged masts and headsails With some masts having exclusively...

sailboats (both dinghies and yachts) to help support and control a variety of headsails, particularly the spinnaker. It is also used with other sails, such as...

the forecastle, or "forecastle men", were responsible for handling the headsails and the anchors. In the Royal Navy of the 17th and 18th centuries, these...

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...

staysails, are sometimes referred to as foresails, although "headsails" is a more common term, headsail can also specifically refer to the sail on a forestay...

on the foremast, lateen sails on the other masts, a bowsprit, and two headsails. The square sail distinguished this form of a xebec from that of a felucca...

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...

be used. The term jib is the generic term for any of an assortment of headsails. The term genoa (or genny) refers to a type of jib that is larger than...

boom, the rig is known as loose footed. A boom may be found on small headsails. There the forward end of the boom is attached to the same stay as the...

oarsmen. Bajak has two mast with lug rig, and a bowsprit which support headsails (fore staysail and jib). The sail of bajak is made of cotton. It has a...

of the mast, most boats have at least four forestays which can carry headsails. Three of these are usually attached to the deck and, as well as bracing...

lashing the sail to the yard or mast on which it is set. Many jibs and headsails are fitted with roller reefing or roller furling. The stay or the luff...

The usual sailing rig was single-masted, with a gaff mainsail and two headsails - the jib was set on a bowsprit and the staysail to the stemhead. This...

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...

a double-ended lighter hull, ketch-rigged with standing gaffs and two headsails. No stern gallery and a western style rudder. Some had transom sterns...

Cutter: small naval vessel, fore-and-aft rigged, single mast with two headsails Frigate: a ship-rigged warship with a single gundeck Ship of the line:...

masthead rig and the fractional rig. The masthead rig has larger and more headsails, and a smaller mainsail, compared to the fractional rig. The major advantage...

A large dhow with two settee sail rigs and a headsail...

the main and either rolling up a portion of the headsail on a furler, or changing to a smaller headsail. Since jibs need considerable forestay tension...

between the Isle of Wight and Britain. The common use of roller-furling headsails, or genoas, on modern cruising yachts allows the jib to be reduced in...

rig with the foremast stepped well forward and the apparent absence of headsails. The large jib has been cleared so that the bowsprit can be topped up...

Jean-Christophe Mourniac (Tactician), Pierre-Yves Jorand (Mainsail Trim), Nils Frei (Headsail Trim) and Yves Detry (Bowman). GAC Pindar, in its second year sailing Extreme...

height in metres Sail Area: summed upwind surface area of mainsail and headsails in square metres Displacement: displaced volume of water, upright, at...

on her foremast, lateen sails on her other masts, a bowsprit, and two headsails. A polacre-xebec differed from a felucca in that a felucca had only lateen...

However, many blocks and their multiply reeved lines, particularly on headsails, have been replaced by single-line sheets trimmed by powerful winches...

features a skeg-hung rudder and a Bermuda rig with a large, overlapping headsail. The prototype was a 11 m (36 ft) wooden one-tonner which Winfield named...

perpendicular to the incident airstream (the apparent wind velocity for the headsail) and is a result of pressure differences between the windward and leeward...

there is only the jib and the mainsail. A cutter may have more than one headsail, and a ketch, yawl or schooner may have more than one sail on a boom. In...

extends forward from the stern under the hull), and a seaman who manages the headsail. It may, however, have a crew of three or four. It has oars for propulsion...

several hours, during which both ships were severely damaged (Endymion's headsails & President's hull), Decatur reluctantly surrendered to Endymion as there...

upwind sailing. They had a very large mainsail with relatively small headsails and a 3/4s rig. The 40-foot (12 m) tall mast was sitka spruce with stainless...

was 32 feet (9.8 m) high and could be lowered. The boat could carry a headsail and a square rigged sail. A 10-foot (3.0 m) long deck at the bow made a...

restrict the use of spinnakers, trapeze harnesses, and the use of twin headsails. On July 21, 2008, the Los Angeles Times reported that the yachts sailing...

crest, which resembles an enormous antler, may have supported a skin "headsail" used for stability in flight. While there is no fossil evidence for such...

sails (one on a boom and one loose-footed), a main gaff topsail, three headsails, and a square topsail and flying topgallant on the foremast. Also rare...

poling out a headsail to windward with a whisker pole can help. Yachts making ocean trade wind crossings have rigged 'twins' – double headsails poled out...

European-style fore-and-aft sail, and there may be three or four small headsails attached to the bowsprit. The masts are not bipod or tripod, but only...

small boats. It has twin fixed bilge keels, and a simple sail plan of headsail and mainsail. The original design was for Gunter rig, but there are also...

being clipped on, 60-year-old Simon Speirs was washed overboard during a headsail change on CV30 Great Britain. He was recovered from the sea within 36 minutes...

according to a historical 1883 photograph with a mainsail, foresail, and two headsails. Her framing and planking are oak, and were originally fastened with treenails...

kauri pines. Windeward Bound is rigged with four square sails, three headsails, three staysails between the masts, a gaff mainsail and gaff topsail,...

Trimmer: Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI) Tactician: Nicolas Charbonnier (FRA) Headsail Trimmer: Nils Frei (SUI) Bowman: Yves Detrey (SUI) Skipper: Bleddyn Môn...

a gaff rigged knockabout schooner, meaning she lacks a bowsprit; her headsails can be handled and furled from the deck. In 2004, the Virginia Senate...

same fashion as lambo boats, occasionally with loose-footed cutter-type headsails (lacking a pekaki, or lower spar). Sulawesi sailors were inspired to abandon...

an effort to mimic the effect of the "slot" created by separating the headsail and mainsail in Bermuda rigs, although the benefits of the "slot effect"...

rigs are the answer. In light weather, flying a genoa instead of the headsails, and with a gollywobbler in place of the foresail and fisherman, the boat...

7 m) wide. Her normal sailing rig consists of a mainsail, foresail, two headsails, and no topsails. She is framed and planked out of white oak, and has...

rig on the mizzen. It had a long bowsprit with jibboom and up to three headsails. The main course and topsail could be reefed. The ships sailed in large...

length 26.50 m (87 ft) Sails General two semi-battened mainsail skins, one headsail skin Mainsail area 145 m2 (1,560 sq ft) Jib/genoa area 90 m2 (970 sq ft)...

hull between the waterline and deck of a vessel. Furling headsail: a jib or other headsail attached to a rotating mechanism that furls and unfurls it...

spinnaker can be tacked to a centerline bow pulpit, anchor roller or a furled headsail, and can be known by other names, like "cruising chute" or a gennaker....

size and ease-of-use of the self-tacking jib hence improving the mainsail/headsail arrangement and overall performance. Lagoon boats are made of balsa wood...

length 17.92 m (59 ft) Sails General two semi-battened mainsail skins, one headsail skin Mainsail area 63 m2 (680 sq ft) Jib/genoa area 38 m2 (410 sq ft) J1...

Cadets man headsails sheets aboard USCGC Eagle...

Reichel/Pugh, the yacht, including the hull, rudder, mast and boom, mainsail and headsails, was made of carbon fibre. On 10 October 2009, at around 2.30am, while...

overall stability. The Passatore is typically equipped with additional headsails for downwind courses, such as the spinnaker. In 1993, the sports association...

topmast fitted with three yards for the topsails. The sails were four headsails, three gaff sails and three gaff topsails (one on each mast), upper and...

98 sq ft (9.1 m2) main was offered with one or two reef points. Multiple headsails were available: 54 sq ft (5.0 m2) working jib 65 sq ft (6.0 m2) 'lapper'...

options, such as a cutter or ketch rig, a self-tacking forestaysail, twin headsails, and a roller-furling genoa." List of sailing boat types Related development...

that run from the midpoint of the boom to blocks on a track such as the headsail-sheet-block track. These tackles are typically a 2 - 4 part tackles for...

ships with the tanja rigs also have bowsprits set with a quadrilateral headsail, sometimes also canted as depicted in the Borobudur ships. In the colonial...

experimented with self-steering systems based on various combinations of headsails, but had to deal with some frustrating headwinds. On 21 December he encountered...

this stable is a 4 ft laminated teak bowsprit which supports the forestay/headsail. A large platform sits on the bowsprit supporting two anchor rollers, a...

750. They’re based on a high aspect mainsail for upwind work and twin headsails for versatility. The deck profile shows a traditional trunk cabin ahead...

The rating rules at the time attached less significance to the area of headsails than of the mainsail, so the masthead rig effectively gave the boat "free"...

118 feet (36 m). Her rigging consists of a mainsail, foresail, and two headsails. She has no engines, normally sailing with a small boat that is powered...

coefficients vary with angle of attack (αj for a headsail) with respect to the incident wind (VA for a headsail). This formulation allows determination of CL...

sail means that its windward ability will not equal that of a sloop with headsail, its modern underwater profile allows it to point higher than many people...

reefing for the main, and some set fully reefable genoas by means of a headsail reefing drum and associated equipment (including a reefing spar). An active...

time-trial rowing competition and related events called 'Head of the __ River' Headsail, any sail set forward of the foremost mast Head (botany), a structure composed...

The simplest and most common furling systems are for jibs and other headsails. These generally consist of either a plastic pipe or a specially stiffened...

Tunnicliffe/Ben Lezin (Tactician), Pierre-Yves Jorand (Mainsail Trim), Nils Frei (Headsail Trim) and Yves Detry (Bowman). ChinaSpirit entered the series late, and...

with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. Roller furling headsails are optional. Other factory options include jiffy reefing, a halyard winch...

design features a spade rudder and a Bermuda rig with a large, overlapping headsail. Over 150 UFO 34s have been built both in the United Kingdom and Australia...

we had six men killed and sixteen wounded, and all the halyards of the headsails shot away; the fore-mast and bowsprit one quarter cut through, and all...

041 kg) and carries 2,000 lb (907 kg) of lead ballast. Either of the two headsails made be fitted with a boom or a wishbone boom. The staysail is self-tacking...

boom crippling the boat were higher. The size, scale and number of any headsails were a captain's personal choice, but were often used to fool other pilots...

Single masted sailing rig without headsails...

14 m (7 ft) Mainsail Area 163 m2 (3 reefing points, 6 battens) Working Headsail (J1) Area 133 m2 (Fixed with hanks on the permanent forestay; horizontal...

Keel/board type Centreboard Rig Rig type Fractional Bermuda or Marconi rig with headsail Sails Mainsail area 33 m2 (360 sq ft) Jib/genoa area 14.7 m2 (158 sq ft)...

These guns had picked crews and were intended to target the wheel and headsails of an opponent. The 9-pounders had 'elevating and traversing carriages'...

outside Government Cut just off South Beach in Miami, we unfurled the large headsail and soon found ourselves touching 10 knots of boatspeed in 16-18 knots...

schooners was typically gaff-rigged fore and main and one or sometimes two headsails. After about 1930, Marconi main sail rigs were common and a number of...

Marconi rig Sails Upwind sail area 300 sq ft (28 m2) ("she has a small headsail for heavy weather") Total sail area 300 sq ft (28 m2) [edit on Wikidata]...

Marconi rig with headsails Mast length 12 m (39 ft) Sails Mainsail area 32.7 m2 (352 sq ft) Jib/genoa area 21 m2 (230 sq ft) (No. 1 headsail) 15 m2 (160 sq ft)...

The win was due to a delamination on the American team's headsail foil which caused the headsail to become partially detached making the sail totally ineffective...

ships with the tanja rigs also have bowsprits set with a quadrilateral headsail, sometimes also canted as depicted in the Borobudur ships. In the colonial...

Tunnicliffe (Tactician), Pierre-Yves Jorand (Mainsail Trim), Nils Frei (Headsail Trim) and Yves Detry (Bowman). Emirates Team New Zealand is a new team...

singlehanding, we appreciated the optional in-mast mainsail furler, and standard headsail furler. Both sails were flying within 30 seconds of reaching the sailing...

the water cleanly. The bowsprit was kept low to leave room for larger headsails. The bow-lines were straight although below the waterline they were slightly...

Earlier in the race Mike McMullen had been tossed overboard when changing a headsail on yacht Three Cheers, his co-skipper Martin Read luffed the boat and dropped...

length despite having an in-mast furling mainsail. Off the wind, the large headsail helped provide solid performance across a wide range of wind angles." List...

with triangular fore-gallery for anchor, which also acts as bowsprit. Headsails may be used at the bow. The hull is carvel-built, built with style very...

Cruising World. Vol. 1, No. 6 (1975): 42-46. Illustrations in "Triple Roller Headsails," by Charles H. Vila, in The Best Of Sail Trim The AIA Historical Directory...

Upwind sail area 227 sq ft (21.1 m2) (sloop rig - racing) 167 sq ft (15.5 m2) (small headsail) Total sail area 227 sq ft (21.1 m2) [edit on Wikidata]...

facilities. Many cruiser designs are cutter rigged meaning they carry two headsails, and many have a second mast (mizzen), in the yawl or ketch configuration...

Upwind sail area 227 sq ft (21.1 m2) (sloop rig - racing) 167 sq ft (15.5 m2) (small headsail) Total sail area 227 sq ft (21.1 m2) [edit on Wikidata]...

sailing) Beam 90 ft (27 m)[citation needed] Sail area Mainsail: ~6,000 sq ft (560 m2) Headsail: ~4,000 sq ft (370 m2) Gennaker: ~11,800 sq ft (1,100 m2)...

Vector drawing of a banawa of Gowa, Sulawesi island. There is an inset of the rudder mounting. This ship showed a headsail, which is a European influence....

horsepower or 110 horsepower), and even two different ways of approaching the headsails and foretriangle configuration (a single self-tacking jib or a self-tacking...

hull length, a correspondingly large main sail and non-overlapping jib (a headsail that does not extend rearward past the mast). Many sportsboat designs feature...

Virginia would have used a fore-and-aft rig with a sprit mainsail and one headsail. How the coastal rigging would have been changed for a cross-Atlantic voyage...

definition: Its wide spreader base precludes the use of an overlapping headsail. The standard 110-percent rollerfurling jib provides plenty of punch, but...

jib and 339.00 sq. ft. spinnaker. It can be sailed with a Tri-radial headsail. It has two berths in the "V"-berth. The galley is on the port side just...

Bermudan configuration, but she retained her gaff rig, but with new main and headsails sourced from Ratsey & Lapthorn of the Isle of Wight. The launching of...

Bermudian main, prior to the wider use, with that rig, of masthead Genoas – headsails of greater area than the mainsail – which in Rayner's view, in 1962, was...

of mast and rigging with a triangular sail set aft of the mast with its headsail raised to the top of the mast. Its luff runs down the mast and is normally...

Origin −0.5 ** Team Origin retired after failing to raise a headsail at second mark. The headsail foil was damaged from the earlier collision. *** Team New...

transom against potential strikes with submerged objects. It has a double headsail ketch rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type...

of baseball hit, see Glossary of baseball (B) Blooper (sail), type of headsail which, according to competitive sailing rules, counts as a jib and not...

increased stress caused by the weight of water in the boat. In addition the headsail pulled out of the groove in the forestay foil, damaging it and preventing...

which is made from fir. The bowsprit protrudes 4.0 ft (1.2 m), allows headsail reefing and can be retracted to shorten the boat length. Two halyard winches...

from the cockpit while under way. The one-piece mast is keel-stepped and headsail is roller furling, while the staysail is boom-mounted. Dual two-speed,...

been optimized for racing with masthead spinnakers, a non-overlapping headsail, a deeper keel and a 33 in (84 cm) longer cockpit. The hull is made from...

but the standard rig, which features a non-overlapping, self-tacking headsail, leaves her decidedly undercanvassed in light to moderate winds. The bright...

located at the middle of the hull, with a bowsprit for supporting the headsail. It may be smaller than Makassarese bisean boat, the weight is around 20–30...

This is an athletic boat. Yes, in little time you could swap the racing headsail foil with a small jib furler, rig lazy jacks on the mainsail, and replace...

on Rainbow. Endeavour pioneered the Quadrilateral genoa, a twin-clewed headsail offering great sail area and consequent power. Frank Murdoch, an aeronautical...

being located forward of the 70% mark. A mast-aft rig could, based on headsail count, be considered a variation of the sloop or cutter, or, based on mast...

steam and fuel power. In the age of sail, a ship with one mast and two headsails, fast and with a shallow draft. The term may also encompass any ship in...

boom vang, an internal mainsail outhaul and an optional jib headfoil (a headsail airfoil-shaped reinforcement). The standing rigging is of steel rod and...

15.85 David Pescud Retired-Engine Problems DNF AUS11111 YuuZoo New South Wales Simonis Voogd Maxi 27.38 Ludde Ingvall Retired-Torn Headsail References:...

became finer, the hull rather longer, and a bowsprit was added to set a headsail: a light rudder was also introduced in this period, and occasionally passenger...

with a monohull, and for best results requires a little backing of the headsail, but the quick acceleration makes up for slow tacking. According to the...

brass. Fiberglass winch bases mount two No.1 snubbing winches used for headsail sheeting. All hardware is either bolted through or tapped into metal which...

helm felt better when we shortened the headsail a tad. This is when you appreciate the load-bearing headsail leads. Hardening the sheets, we pinched...

shrouds, moving forward on the teak side decks, even with the overlapping headsail, was a breeze." List of sailing boat types McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Jeanneau...

keeps the airflow attached down low on what is truly a deck-sweeper of a headsail. A deck-fitted sprit can be deployed from the cockpit by yanking on a clever...

mainsail, 95% roller furling jib on the inner forestay, hank-on light-wind headsail, gear for an asymmetrical spinnaker, aluminum mast tripod support, mainsheet...

three masts carrying a total of 26 sails, including topsails, staysails, headsails and gaff-rigged sails. Construction took place at the shipyard Laxevaags...

second-story vantage point, to keep them hopping. Working through the headsail progressions, under genoa and full main, in about 17 knots of true wind...

Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 10.10 Jean-Pierre Ravanat Drew Meincke Retired-Damaged Headsail DNF SA982 Inukshuk (TH) South Australia Kaufman Northshore 38 11.60 Robert...

nice numbers given the in-mast furling main and the standard 106 percent headsail. The boat also held its way, easily tacking through the chop, and maintained...

rigged same as a Nobby and the Royal Mersey Rivers Class had a single headsail. It is important to understand that the two types (Manx and Lancashire)...

Grinning Streak Helm  Rhonda Joyce (CAN) CANRJ4 66 49 11 1 3 8 3 4 7 3 9 -17 Headsail Trimmer  John Bowden (USA) USAJB68 Tactician  Mike Buckley (USA) USAMB20...

spinnaker and associated gear, an outboard motor bracket, headfoil (a headsail airfoil-shaped reinforcement) and a compass. The boat's controls all can...

off Cape Lookout. We were reduced to forereaching with a deeply furled headsail and double reefed main. I was impressed how well the Landfall handled the...

mainsheet was more than adequate, and as my daughter later proved, the small headsail can be trimmed by child, even in a blow. The gulf was choppy, but the 26...

Burningham (1987). Burningham's reconstruction of padewakang with bowsprit and headsail. Burningham's reconstruction of padewakang with larger deckhouse and furled...

spinnaker can be used for downwind sailing. The genoa employs a headfoil (a headsail airfoil-shaped reinforcement) and a concealed backstay adjuster. The mainsheet...

easily handled by a solo sailor or a couple. But its high boom, small headsail, and short rig-while no doubt ideal in the windy North Sea and other high-latitude...

Psarofaghis (skipper/helm), Nicolas Charbonnier (tactician), Nils Frei (headsail trimmer), Yves Detrey (bowman), and Timothé Lapauw (foil trimmer). The...

N10 Freyja New South Wales Atkins Ingrid 37 11.40 Richard Lees Retired-Headsail Damage DNF 52152 Koa New South Wales Farr TP 52 15.85 Peter Wrigley Andrew...

living space and comfort at sea. With the standard B & R rig and small headsail, the 47 will be easy to sail and should be fast off the wind. The accommodations...

headroom is 73 in (190 cm). For sailing the design is equipped with a large headsail genoa and a 3/4 jib, that can be used in any combinations. The design has...