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- mast. Jibs and spinnakers are the two main types of headsails on a modern boat. Boats may be sailed using a jib alone, but more commonly jibs make a...7 KB (895 words) - 07:11, 27 May 2024
Crane (machine) (redirect from Jib Crane)interface. A jib crane is a type of crane - not to be confused with a crane rigged with a jib to extend its main boom - where a horizontal member (jib or boom)...76 KB (9,958 words) - 10:14, 10 May 2024
A jib or jib arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support. An archaic spelling...2 KB (232 words) - 21:09, 13 January 2023
Level luffing crane (redirect from Luffing jib)mechanism where the hook remains at the same level while luffing: moving the jib up and down, so as to move the hook inwards and outwards relative to the...5 KB (505 words) - 01:28, 30 November 2022
Genoa (sail) (redirect from Genoa Jib)A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating...6 KB (860 words) - 17:06, 25 May 2024
Sheet (sailing) (redirect from Jib sheet)sailor to control the speed of a boat. The jib sheet attaches to the clew of the jib, and controls it. The jib has a sheet on each side, only one of which...4 KB (588 words) - 18:00, 22 June 2022
JibJab is an American independent digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis...19 KB (2,041 words) - 14:08, 24 April 2024
symbol on their sails. The sail plan consists of a Bermuda rig with a main, jib, and symmetrical spinnaker. The boat uses a retractable centreboard. An...19 KB (1,945 words) - 01:47, 23 September 2023
many of the same features and similar asymmetric "banana" hulls. Both jib and main sails are fully battened and total 218 sq ft (20 m2). A double trapeze...46 KB (5,068 words) - 12:01, 16 May 2024
RS Sailing. The boat is sailed by two people both on trapeze and has a main, jib and spinnaker. The RS800 has a Portsmouth Yardstick number of 799 and...4 KB (255 words) - 13:28, 11 September 2022
the jib is larger. Since the jib has no mast in front of it to cause turbulent airflow over it, it is considered much more efficient than the main, especially...3 KB (399 words) - 19:09, 6 January 2022- This may also be used by single handers as well - although flying a main, jib and spinnaker single-handed sounds complex, it is quite manageable with...16 KB (1,926 words) - 18:56, 3 March 2024
jibs, and the fore-topmast staysail, forestaysail, and foresail. For staysails between the foremast and the mainmast (from bottom to top): main, main-topmast...8 KB (861 words) - 01:11, 25 September 2023
side, but the jib is held aback. Finally the rudder is put the other way, as if trying to tack back again. Without the drive of the jib, she cannot do...11 KB (1,525 words) - 04:15, 16 May 2024
top gallant sail, as well as a gaff-rigged topsail on the main mast and a jib and flying jib ahead of the headsail. "SLOOP | meaning in the Cambridge English...5 KB (553 words) - 21:20, 2 April 2024
926 - Sailed "Unarig" (one person with just the main) 904 - Sailed "Sport" (one person with main, jib & trapeze) The Dart 15 was designed in 1979 by Rodney...3 KB (288 words) - 08:53, 25 February 2023
Jib Tunnel, also known as Lateral Passage is one of the entrances into the Gaping Gill cave system, located behind a large boulder in the north bank of...7 KB (768 words) - 06:05, 20 April 2022
may, for example, find a flying jib, outer-jib, inner-jib and then the fore-staysail.: 64, 94 A genoa is a large jib that increases area by extending...34 KB (4,281 words) - 04:39, 23 May 2024- E) is a two-person intermediate to senior sailing dinghy complete with main, jib, spinnaker and trapeze. It was designed by Jack Holt in 1962 as a fast...2 KB (89 words) - 13:29, 7 April 2020
- nautical term, for a long spar, used to extend a sail at the foot (main-boom, jib-boom, &c.). The “boom” of a cannon (note of a bell, cry of the bittern)
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- that the main sheet (line that controls the main sail) is free and not secured tight in any way. Also if the boat has a jib sail, free the jib sheet as