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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…

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

on a bowsprit. A jib is a headsail that is set in front of any other headsails, or in modern usage, may be the only headsail. It may be hanked to a stay…

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…

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

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…

The mast was 32 feet high and could be lowered. The boat could carry a headsail and a square rigged sail. A ten feet long deck at the bow made a forecastle…

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…

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…

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…

control lines. Because of the improved sail control it is rare to find a non-headsail without a boom, but lateen sails, for instance, are loose-footed. In some…

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…

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

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 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…