The most common is the Jib. When a jib is so large that it overlaps the mast it is called a genoa. You must be logged in to post a comment. Naturally, we should know the difference between the various sails and how they work.
The Mainsail : It has its forward edge attached to the mast The Headsail : This is a generic term that refers to any sail that sits forward of the mast.
The luff of the mainsail is usually hoisted up and attached to the mast. The luff of the jib is attached to the forestay. Foot — The bottom edge of the sail Tack — Between the luff and the foot is the tack. The tack is attached to the boat or a spar.
Head — The corner at the top of the sail between the luff and the leech. Clew — The third triangle of a sail between the leech and the foot. Batten — Solid slats or rods to help maintain the desired airfoil shape. If it gets caught in something, lower the sail a little to clear it and then raise it again.
The mainsail may get harder to hoist when it hits the last two feet. Once it is up, tie the halyard around a cleat. Coil up the extra line. Always make sure your head is out of the way of the boom the part that holds the bottom of the mainsail , as it will swing side to side in the wind. This is the triangular sail at the bow of the boat. You will rig it before you leave the dock, and it is often raised after you are underway.
The tack of the jib or bottom corner attaches to a fitting on the deck with a shackle. You will then connect the jib to the forestay with clips or hanks. Now attach the head of the jib to the jib halyard with a shackle and split ring. Tie each jib sheet to the clew on both sides of the boat with a figure eight stopper knot to secure them in place. You will find that the jib is much simpler to hoist than the mainsail.
We hope these basic tips help you rig your sailboat safely and properly. If the boat exhibits lee helm, i. Typically, 1 or 2 degrees of rake is enough on a masthead rig. Fractional rigs are often raked 3 degrees or more. The resulting forward curve will protect the mast against buckling in the middle, i. Prebend can be measured by taking the genoa halyard to the forward side of the mast at deck level. How much is too much? Because the shroud base is the width of the hulls, the resulting fractional rigs are very well supported laterally, in some cases without the need for spreaders.
Backstays can also typically be done away with, allowing for plenty of roach in the main. To cope with the greater rig loads found on multis, mast sections are beefier than on an equivalent-length monohull. Some higher-end performance boats and larger cruising yachts are fitted with rod rigging, which has a high strength-to-weight ratio and low windage on account of the smaller diameters that can be used.
There has also been a small but growing shift in the aftermarket toward high-modulus fiber standing rigging, notably Dynex Dux, which offers even lower weight aloft along with ease of installation for the DIY boat owner.
High-tech rigging is also now standard on high-performance multihulls. That said, the go-to option aboard most cruising boats and smaller racers and daysailers remains 1x19 stainless steel wire wire comprised of 19 single strands.
Rigging wires are terminated with either swaged fittings, which are squeezed onto the wire with special presses at a rigging shop, or mechanical fittings, like those made by Sta-Lok or Norseman, which are more expensive but are reusable and can be installed by a capable DIY-er.
The deceptive simplicity of the typical sailboat rig can lead to a kind of benign neglect on the part of the boat owner. Since so many decades-old boats still sport their original rigs, the inherent toughness of aluminum spars and wire standing rigging encourages complacency—and complacency is dangerous on a sailing boat. Illustration courtesy of Selden Mast. Learning these terms will not only add to your standing in the yacht club bar, and they will also help you communicate more effectively with sailmakers and riggers.
Backstay: Stops the top of the mast from moving forward; tension can be changed to affect rig tune. Cap shrouds A : Running from the masthead on a masthead rig or the hounds on a fractional rig , these prevent lateral movement of the masthead and in a factional rig counteract the force of the forestay. Intermediate Shrouds B : On multi-spreader rigs, these are affixed by the upper spreader base and taken over the lower spreader tips; they can terminate at the lower spreaders in a linked rig or be taken to the chainplates in a continuous rig.
Lower Shrouds C : Affixed to just below the lower spreader base, the fore and aft lowers stabilize the mast longitudinally. Partners: The hole in the deck where the mast passes through—now more commonly called a deck collar.
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