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  2. Staysail - Wikipedia

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    Staysail schooner "Rich Harvest" becalmed. Its large genoa jib has been roller-furled, and its quadrilateral Fisherman staysail is still in a sailbag. Most staysails are triangular; however, some are four-cornered, notably some fisherman's staysails. Triangular staysails set forward of the foremost mast are called jibs, headsails, or foresails.

  3. Fisherman's staysail - Wikipedia

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    A fisherman staysail is a sail placed between the fore and main masts of a sailing ship, usually a schooner but also including brigantines. [1] All four of its sides are typically set flying, although the luff may be attached to the mast (possibly with in-mast furling) on a staysail schooner. The purpose of a fisherman staysail is to catch ...

  4. Schooner - Wikipedia

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    Lewis R. French, a gaff-rigged schooner Oosterschelde, a topsail schooner Orianda, a staysail schooner, with Bermuda mainsail. A schooner (/ ˈ s k uː n ər / SKOO-nər) [1] is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.

  5. Worldcruiser 44 - Wikipedia

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    The Worldcruiser 44 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.It has a two-masted schooner rig, with painted aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem with a bowsprit, a raised counter transom with a boomkin, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed modified long keel, with a cutaway forefoot.

  6. List of large sailing yachts - Wikipedia

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    3-mast staysail aluminium schooner Vagrant II: 39.00 m (128 ft) Herreshoff Manufacturing Company: Nathanael Greene Herreshoff: 1913: Steel gaff schooner, restored with a staysail rig at Royal Huisman in 2019 Doriana: 39.00 m (128 ft) Frederikssund Skibsværft: Ado Von Lindholm, Ernst Wedell-Wedellsborg: 1930: Gaff wooden schooner Tenaz: 39.00 m ...

  7. How to spot phishing scams and keep your info safe - AOL

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    The best way to protect yourself against email phishing scams is to avoid falling victim to them in the first place. "Simply never take sensitive action based on emails sent to you," Steinberg says.

  8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

  9. Jib - Wikipedia

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    On a boat with two staysails the inner sail is called the staysail, and the outer (foremost) is called the jib. 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.