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(voile de) misaine

foresail

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The mainsheet was immediately slackened and the foresail released, which slowed the yacht's speed to 1.5 knots around three minutes after the skipper fell overboard. www.sail-world.com

Fractional rigs are where the height of the foresail only comes up to a fraction of the height of the mainsail. en.wikipedia.org

She was of wooden construction with two masts and carried a gaff rigged main and mizen using booms, and a single foresail. en.wikipedia.org

The foresail is mounted on a bowsprit. en.wikipedia.org

This boat follows the general layout for most single-mast sailing yachts, having a mainsail and a foresail, with the cockpit at the back of the boat. en.wikipedia.org

Gaff-rigged vessels may use the term (for the lowest sail rigged aft of each mast), but are more likely to refer simply to a mainsail, foresail, etc. en.wikipedia.org

That's when the decision was made to try sail power, he said, but it wasn't long before both the foresail and headsail ripped. www.cbc.ca

The foremast was rolled over, destroying the foresail. en.wikipedia.org

We took off our foresail and stowed the bicycles below decks. www.theglobeandmail.com

Its sprit and foresail rig has 40sqft m2 of sail area. en.wikipedia.org

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