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2. Sheet (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   The jib has a sheet on each side, only one of which (the leeward one) will be in use at one time. The spinnaker sheet attaches to the clew(s) of the spinnaker, if carried. A symmetrical spinnaker has two sheets, an "active" one and a "lazy" one, in the same way as a jib, but they are attached to the sail's two separate clews.

3. Guy (sailing) - Wikipedia

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   This is called the sheet and serves a slightly different function. When the boat jibes, the spinnaker pole will be moved from one side of the boat to the other, causing the sheet to become the guy and vice versa. A foreguy may also be used to control the height of the spinnaker pole. It is attached either to the end of the pole or to a bridle ...

4. Running rigging - Wikipedia

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   Sheets attach to the clews (bottom corners) of a sail to control the sail's angle to the wind. Sheets run aft (for comparison, see tacks). [2] Tacks are used to haul the clew of a loose-footed square sail (for example, a course) forward when sailing close to the wind. Tacks run forward (for comparison, see sheets). [2]

5. Spinnaker - Wikipedia

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   The sheets are passed to either side of the forestay, attached to the clew; they may be passed forward of the luff of the asymmetric, or aft of the luff of the asymmetric, between the tack line and the forestay. The sheet on the downwind (lee) side of the hull is used to trim the sail, and the opposite sheet is left slack.

6. Little Harbor 44 - Wikipedia

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   The boat has a double spreader sloop rig with an extruded aluminum mast and boom. [11] The standing rigging is wire, and the running rigging includes internal main and genoa halyards , two genoa sheets , a mainsheet , a boom outhaul and topping lift, a four-part boom vang and preventer, and two flag and burgee halyards.

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