Depending on how it is rigged it could be the jib, Flying jib or spinnaker.
The most forward sail is normally called a jib.
On vessels with more than one jib, the names of the jibs (from forward to aft) are: Flying jib, Outer jib, Inner jib and Fore (topmast) staysail.
Jib or trysail.
The jibsail or spinnaker sail.
The most forward sail is normally called a jib.On vessels with more than one jib, the names of the jibs (from forward to aft) are: Flying jib, Outer jib, Inner jib and Fore (topmast) staysail.
it is called a flying jib
mainsail
A sail works like an aerofoil. Depending on the point of sailing it pulls the vessel along much more than it pushes it.
A jib is a small triangular sail.
Spinnaker is a nine-letter word for "triangular sail."
When the motorized vessel is a commercial vessel or when the motorized vessel has another vessel or person in tow.
It is called the lateen sail.
a ship with triangular sails that allowed it to sail into the wind and with square sails that carried it forward when the wind was at it's back.
A bentinck sail is a triangular shaped main course with a single clew at the foot of the sail. The sheet is made down to the centreline of the vessel. Occasionally the sail would have a short foot spread with a short boom called a Bentinck boom but still with a single sheet. The the sail gave advantages in heavy weather, obviating the need to raise tacks and sheets when going about and enabling a good view of most of the vessel from aft when manoeuvring. NG