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Examples of headsail
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Others attended to dropping its big reaching headsail before motoring to dock.
From the smh.com.au
Because of the improved sail control it is rare to find a non headsail without a boom.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The headsail has broken loose from its holdings and furiously cracks and tugs, shaking the mast.
From the washingtonpost.com
The yacht, which had damage to its headsail, withdrew Monday.
From the usatoday.com
The lower section of the furling gear has a spring loaded retrieval system that rolls up the headsail.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Furling headsail-a jib or other headsail that automatically rolls around a semi rigid forestay when a line is pulled.
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Removed headsail tracks on cap rails.
From the abcnews.go.com
Barely had the crewmen cleared the headsail when Gretel II nosed into a heavy wave that bucked Crewman Paul Salmon off the slippery deck.
From the time.com
Reluctant to slow the boat's progress, I kept up the jib or headsail in addition to the reefed main and staysails, thinking that conditions were unlikely to worsen during the night.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
- A headsail of a sailing vessel is any sail set forward of the foremost mast. The most common headsails are staysails, a term that includes jibs and the larger genoa. Other headsails are set independently of any forestays, such as the spinnaker.
- (Headsails) Generic term for all sails which may be set on the bowsprit, or foremast. As opposed to aftersails.
- Sail flown between the mast and the bow of the boat. The headsail is attached to the forestay and acts like the boat's gears - the lighter the wind, the bigger the headsail.
- Any sail flown in front of the most forward mast.
