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The windward line, or guy, is attached to the corner called the tack of the sail, and is stabilized by a spinnaker pole. The leeward (downwind) line is called the sheet. It attaches to the clew of the spinnaker and is used to control the shape of the sail. The spinnaker pole must be moved in each gybe, and is quite difficult for beginners to ...
The Parasailor and Parasail are patented and trademarked variants of a spinnaker sail for yachts. They were designed for cruising couples and short-handed crews and are considered to be easy to handle and well tempered. [1] These sails make it possible to use one sail as spinnaker and Gennaker. These sails can be used between 70 and 180 degrees ...
There are 30 fleets racing in 12 countries, including in North America, Europe and China. It has also been used for two-boat match racing. [12] [13] In a 1994 expert review in Sailing World Magazine Doug Logan concluded, "In the test's light airs, the J/80 could often sail at or close to windspeed, and in several instances recorded the best leg ...
This combination of two staysails is called a cutter rig (or in North America a yankee pair) and a boat with one mast rigged with two staysails and a mainsail is called a cutter. On cruising yachts, and nearly all racing sailboats, the jib needs to be worked when tacking. On these yachts, there are two sheets attached to the clew of the jib.
Many modern sailboats have retractable bowsprits to enable this expansion. The asymmetrical spinnaker has a larger camber than a genoa and a Spinnaker Mid-Gerth (SMG) -- also called Spinnaker Half Width (SHW) -- measurement greater than the length of its foot (a genoa is a pin-head sail so its mid-gerth dimension is shorter than its foot).
MG14 sailing downwind in heavy breeze MG14 sailing downwind in light breeze MG14 is a two-person skiff with a high-performance development hull, single trapeze and asymmetrical spinnaker . It was originally developed in 1963 at Manly Sailing Club in Sydney as the Manly Graduate 14ft to be used as a stepping stone between the smaller Manly ...
Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).
The total upwind sail area for the Mutt is 150 square feet (14 m 2). The main sail is 100 square feet (9.3 m 2), and the jib is 50 square feet (4.6 m 2) maximum. The Mutineer can also be rigged for a spinnaker. All Mutineers built since 2008 come rigged for a spinnaker from the factory. Sail area for the spinnaker is 166 square feet (15.4 m 2 ...