Making the sail area smaller is called reefing.
Easy! -Reef it down!
in a two handed sailing dinghy, the big sail is called the 'mailsail' and the smaller sail out the front is called a 'gib'
It is called the lateen sail.
Um.........you just said the answer. its called a sail
mainly because of the larger surface area. the bigger the sail, the more wind pressure on the sail, giving you more power, more momentum, and thus sailing faster. Hope this helps~
Sail me that Frisbee, would you? Do you sail? You sail!
A sail boat or yacht.
With sail material
sail
1) What do you mean by sail extender? The rope to hoist (raise) the sail is called the halyard. The vertical beam supporting the sail is the mast, the horizontal beam supporting the sail is the boom.2) It's called a SPRIT - see: Dictionary.com
Um.........you just said the answer. its called a sail