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On a racing or cruising yacht, a spanker is an additional headsail set beside and to leeward of a spinnaker when running downwind. en.wikipedia.org

The overall effect of tensioning the running backstay is a shallower mainsail (less camber) combined with a reduction in headsail sag. 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 headsail can be on a furler to reduce sail or furl away easily without the need to go onto the foredeck. en.wikipedia.org

A cutter may have more than one headsail, and a ketch, yawl or schooner may have more than one sail on a boom. en.wikipedia.org

The mainsail may be smaller than the headsail, which is then called a genoa jib. en.wikipedia.org

Virtually all racing boats today are sloop rigged, which means that they carry one headsail and a mainsail, both from the same mast. en.wikipedia.org

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