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Section 5, Sails
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Figure 5–1 Triangular Sails

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Figure 5–2 Mainsail

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Figure 5–3 Headboard of a Mainsail.

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Figure 5–4 Sail Track Assembly

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Figure 5–5 Roped Sail in Mast or Boom Cove

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Figure 5–6
Mainsail
Reinforcement
(Tabling)
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Figure 4–7 Jib Sail

Terminology
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Working Sails
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Genoa Jib
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Figure 5–8 Jib Profile

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Figure 5–9
Jib Roller Furling/Reefing System
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Figure 5–10
Roller Furling
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Spinnaker

Figure 5–11 Spinnaker

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Figure 5–13 Storm Trysail and Storm Jib

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Figure 5-13
Sail Shapes
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Figure 5–14 Full Battened

Cross-cut Mainsail
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Figure 5–15
Modern Cruising Genoa
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Vocabulary
Boltrope. A rope sewn along the edge of a sail for reinforcement,
to limit stretch, or to slide into a cove in the boom or
mast to eliminate slides.

Cove. A groove or slot built into the boom or after edge of a

mast.

Roach. The part of a sail that extends beyond a straight line

from the
head to the clew.

Self-tending. A sail that will change position by itself during a tack or

jibe.
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Section 5, Sails
Supplemental Illustrations
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Jib
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Roller Furling
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Roller Furling
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In mast main
Sail roller furling
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Spinnaker Sock
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Full Batten Mainsail on Volvo Ocean Racer “Vivo” from Brazil

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Gaff rigged sail

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Details of a
furled Gaff
Rigged Sail
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Can you name

the sails?
What kind of rig
is this?
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