headsail

NOUN
  1. any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
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How To Use headsail In A Sentence

  • The 31 was offered as a sloop or with a double headsail arrangement commonly called a cutter.
  • You have taken your roller furling headsail off, so you know everything works, and, if you have a roller furling main, you have taken it off too.
  • When a mainsail was set up in the correct place abaft the genoa, the strain on the headsail sheet was observed to rise considerably.
  • She is cutter rigged with a large foretriangle to allow plenty of room for both headsails.
  • However, headsails are large and a good furling system and large self-tailing winches are a must.
  • Just then, to the windward a full-rigged ship bears down on them, "the brightly coppered forefoot parting the water like a golden knife, the headsails flapping lazily ... “Some day, all the fools will be dead....”
  • These lessons proved to be vital, as we had to reef the mainsail (making it smaller) and change headsails later that evening under difficult conditions.
  • Early on, the wind filled to 18 knots and the yachts were forced to reef their mainsails and change headsails under difficult conditions.
  • Early on, the wind filled to 18 knots and the yachts were forced to reef their mainsails and change headsails under difficult conditions.
  • They have changed their racing headsail for a new roller-furling gib, refitting the furling gear that came with the yacht.
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