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A simple home-built jib furler, showing the furling line ready to furl the jib, and (inset) showing the furled jib This staysail schooner's large genoa has been roller-furled away, while its staysails are hanked on. Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay.
The jib sail has two short battens, and is controlled by a jib sheet with a 2:1 mechanical advantage. The main sheet block and both jib sheet blocks have a ratchet and a cleat. A gennaker sail can be added, but is not legal for racing. This is usually combined with a jib furling system.
Accordingly, it is preferable to fly a separate, smaller jib—the solent—instead. On a sloop, there is a single forestay that runs from the top of the mast forward to the prow, and in addition to bracing the mast it provides a firm support to which a jib can be attached. When this forestay is covered with a roller-furling jib, which cannot ...
The jib can be reefed from the cockpit; the main has mid-boom sheeting. The jib is roller furling and the bow is equipped with a spinnaker launcher. Neil Pryde is the current provider of the standard sails for Nickels Mutineers, although they offer upgrades to North, Quantum, Schurr, and Vermont Sailing Partners sails.
The 2000 (formerly the Laser 2000) is a performance sailing dinghy designed by Phil Morrison and currently sold by RS Sailing.It combines a traditional GRP hull and foam sandwich deck moulding with a modern asymmetric rig including a furling jib, reefing mainsail and single line gennaker hoist system.
The centerboard boasts an impressive 4-foot (1.2 m) draft when down and retracts by swinging aft on a pivot. The rig is supported by one set of upper side stays and one set of lower side stays, along with a forestay integrated into the roller furling jib. There is no backstay, and as a result the stern remains quite clear most of the time.
The Astus 20.1 is equipped with a dacron furling jib and dacron mainsail as standard. The mainsail is fully battened and has one reef as standard, and a second reef can be specified as a factory option. A Pentex jib and mainsail can be specified for enhanced performance. A furling gennaker and an asymmetrical spinnaker are available as options ...
A jib, left, compared to a roughly 110% genoa, right. The foretriangle is outlined in red. The term jib is the generic term for any of an assortment of headsails.The term genoa (or genny) refers to a type of jib that is larger than 100% of the foretriangle, which is the triangular area formed by the point at which the stay intersects the mast, and deck or bowsprit, and the line where the mast ...