headsail in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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The mainsail may be smaller than the headsail, which is then called a genoa jib.
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The overall effect of tensioning the running backstay is a shallower mainsail (less camber) combined with a reduction in headsail sag.
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A cutter may have more than one headsail, and a ketch, yawl or schooner may have more than one sail on a boom.
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The headsail can be on a furler to reduce sail or furl away easily without the need to go onto the foredeck.
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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.
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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.
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Virtually all racing boats today are sloop rigged, which means that they carry one headsail and a mainsail, both from the same mast.
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