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What is the jib sheet on a boat?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 12/12/2022

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).

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∙ 15y ago

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