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To: ransomnote
Bonjour y'all! Laissez le bon Trump rouler!!!

Know your Nautical Terminology

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 a stay, or may be set flying, with the luff being kept taut by the tension of the halyard. Where several headsails are set, a complex arrangement might be termed (from the front and top) flying jib, outer jib, inner jib, and (fore) staysail; less complex would be jib and staysail.

staysail
A sail whose luff is attached to a stay. If set on the most forward (or only) mast, a staysail is a headsail. Where more than one headsail is set, the staysail is generally the one closest to the mast.

The galeas Albanus from Finland showing a flying jib, outer jib, inner jib, and staysail.

The frigate Diana showing staysails between the masts.

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

6 posted on 08/03/2023 8:13:10 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm

Beautiful ship.
Im In!


9 posted on 08/03/2023 8:16:07 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (Read The Screwtape letters, section “Screwtape Proposes a Toast”)
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To: LonePalm

How many halyards on each mast?


13 posted on 08/03/2023 8:18:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: LonePalm

My favorite new sail for catamarans is the “ripped Screecher.”


124 posted on 08/04/2023 5:35:02 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything)
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