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A jib (also spelled jibb) is a triangular staysail
Staysail

A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose Parts of a sail can be affixed to a stays running forward from a mast to the deck , the bowsprit or to another mast....
 set ahead of the foremost mast
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
 of a sailing boat. Its tack
Tack (sailing)

Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts....
 is fixed to the bowsprit
Bowsprit

The bowsprit, or boltsprit, of a sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow. It provides an anchor point for the forestay, allowing the mast to be stepped further forward on the hull....
, to the bow
Bow (ship)

The bow is a List of nautical terms that refers to the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is most forward when the vessel is underway....
, or to the deck
Deck

deck may refer to:In vehicles:*deck , an outdoor floor of a shipIn construction:*deck , an outdoor floor attached to a building...
 between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and spinnaker
Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a Points of sail#Reaching to a downwind, i.e....
s are the two main types of headsails on a modern boat.

boat with two staysails the inner sail is called the staysail
Staysail

A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose Parts of a sail can be affixed to a stays running forward from a mast to the deck , the bowsprit or to another mast....
, and the outer (foremost) is called the jib.






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A jib (also spelled jibb) is a triangular staysail
Staysail

A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose Parts of a sail can be affixed to a stays running forward from a mast to the deck , the bowsprit or to another mast....
 set ahead of the foremost mast
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
 of a sailing boat. Its tack
Tack (sailing)

Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts....
 is fixed to the bowsprit
Bowsprit

The bowsprit, or boltsprit, of a sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow. It provides an anchor point for the forestay, allowing the mast to be stepped further forward on the hull....
, to the bow
Bow (ship)

The bow is a List of nautical terms that refers to the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is most forward when the vessel is underway....
, or to the deck
Deck

deck may refer to:In vehicles:*deck , an outdoor floor of a shipIn construction:*deck , an outdoor floor attached to a building...
 between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and spinnaker
Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a Points of sail#Reaching to a downwind, i.e....
s are the two main types of headsails on a modern boat.

Modern yachts and small craft

On a boat with two staysails the inner sail is called the staysail
Staysail

A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose Parts of a sail can be affixed to a stays running forward from a mast to the deck , the bowsprit or to another mast....
, and the outer (foremost) is called the jib. This combination of two staysails is called a cutter rig (or a yankee pair) and a boat with one mast rigged with two staysails and a mainsail is called a cutter.

On boats with only one jib, it is common for the clew of the jib to be further aft than the mast, meaning the jib and mainsail overlap. An overlapping jib is called a genoa jib or simply a genoa
Genoa (sail)

The genoa or jenny was originally referred to as the 'overlapping jib' or the Genoa jib, being named after the city of Genoa as explained below....
 (see illustration).

On cruising yacht
Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat. It designates two rather different classes of watercraft, sailing and power yachts. Yachts are differentiated from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose....
s with more than one jib, it is common for the innermost jib to be self-tacking
Tack (sailing)

Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts....
, either by using a boom
Boom (sailing)

In sailing, a boom is a spar , along the Parts of a sail#The edges of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail....
 along the foot
Sail

A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind—in essence a vertically-oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing....
 of the sail, or by cleating
Cleat (nautical)

In nautical contexts, a cleat is a device attaching a rope. The traditional design is attached to a flat surface and features two ?horns? extending parallel to the deck....
 the jib sheet
Sheet (sailing)

In sailing, a sheet is a line used to control the movable corner of a sail....
 to a track, or both. On other cruising yachts, and nearly all racing sailboats, the jib needs to be worked when tacking. On these yachts, there are two sheets attached to the clew of the jib. As the yacht comes head to wind
Points of sail

Points of sail describes a sailing boat's course in relation to the wind direction.First, there is a distinction between the port_ tack and the starboard tack....
 during a tack, the active sheet is released, and the other sheet (the lazy sheet) on the other side of the boat is pulled in. This sheet becomes the new active sheet until the next tack.

Traditional vessels


Schooner
Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
s typically have up to three jibs. The foremost one sets on the topmast forestay
Forestay

On a sailing vessel, a forestay, sometimes just called a stay, is a piece of standing rigging which keeps a mast from falling backwards. It is attached either at the very top of the mast, or in fractional rigs between about 1/8 and 1/4 from the top of the mast....
 and is generally called the jib topsail, a second on the main forestay is called the jib, and the innermost is called the staysail. Actually, all three sails are both jibs and staysail
Staysail

A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose Parts of a sail can be affixed to a stays running forward from a mast to the deck , the bowsprit or to another mast....
s in the generic sense.

A square-rigged
Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of Sail-plan in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or , to the keel of the vessel and to the masts....
 ship typically has four jibs (though vessels with more or fewer exist). From forward to aft, these sails are called:
  • Flying jib
  • Outer jib
  • Inner jib
  • Fore (topmast
    Topmast

    The mast of traditional sailing ships were not single spars, but were constructed of separate sections or masts, each with its own rigging. The topmast is one of these....
    ) staysail


=See also=
  • Lateen sail
  • Sail-plan
    Sail-plan

    A sail-plan is a set of drawings, usually prepared by a Naval Architecture. It shows the various combinations of sail proposed for a sailing ship....