there is no such thing as a small two-masted vessel with a mainsail and jib
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Sloop rig
A ketch or a yawl.
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A ketch or a yawl.
The most common single masted sailing vessel with a mainsail and one jib is the sloop.A cutter has one mast with one mainsail but two jibs.A catboat has one mast and a huge mainsail but (usually) no jib. The mast is located very much forward on the vessel.There are other sailboats that have just one mast and a mainsail such as the Sunfish or a Dhow, both of which have a lateen rig (one mast, one mainsail.)
Sloop.
The front sail is the jib. The back sail (the one attached to the boom) is the mainsail.
The front sail is the jib. The back sail (the one attached to the boom) is the mainsail.
A sloop
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A halyard is used for hauling up a sail, such as a jib or mainsail. To haul up the jib, you would use the jib halyard...for the main, main halyard.