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the lowest sail on the foremast of a ship
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What does fok mean in the Dutch language?
Fok in the Dutch language means Foresail Or breeding, when you are talking about a verb.
What is the second sail on a catamaran called?
As with most the jib or the foresail
What is a balloon sail?
A balloon sail is a large, light foresail sometimes used instead of a jib.
How do you use for and four in a sentence?
I just bought a nice, new foresail for four hundred dollars. Four ways for freedom!
What is a gaff rigged sloop?
Sailboat having one mast, with a four-sided mainsail set from its after side and a foresail hanked to the forestay.
A small one-masted vessel?
This could be a sloop (main + jib), a cutter (main + jib + foresail), or a cat boat (main alone). There are many variations.
How many sails Ferdinand Magellan's the Victoria have?
The Victoria was a Carrack so would have had six sails, namely bowsprit, foresail, mizzen, spritsail, and two topsails.
What s a prefix that begins with f?
One example of a prefix that begins with "f" is "fore-". This prefix is often used to indicate something that comes before or in front of something else.
What is a foil luff jib?
It is a track that the jib slides up. It is designed to reduce windage and usually has two tracks allowing you to hoist a smaller foresail while still keeping the other in the air. You can then lower the other (or "peel") the jib.
What is the jib sheet on a boat?
it is the small sail on the boat. Wrong. On a boat a sheet is a rope, not a sail. The jib (or foresail) is switched from starboard to port (and vice versa) depending on the wind direction and during tacking. The rope which does this is a jibsheet (Or foresheet).
What is a jib sail?
A Jib is a secondary sail which is generaly smaller than the mainsail, and is usually possitioned at the frount of a boat (a foresail). It is generally triangular and is used to counteract the turning force of the mainsail around the pivot point of the vessel in some classes of boat.
What are the striped sailing bags called?
A spinnaker is a large sail that is usually brightly coloured. It is made in very light material, and is used when running (that is, sailing with the wind abaft) in light airs. When hoisted the usual foresail, a jib or genoa, is dropped.There is no special name for a sail bag, apart from "sailbag".
