Spinnaker
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A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach to downwind. Spinnakers are constructed of lightweight fabric, usually nylon, and are often brightly col
Amante, a 1983 "Choate 48" in Newport Beach, California, in February 2015 flying a symmetric spinnaker
Bear of Britain, a Farr 52 with masthead spinnaker in front of Calshot Spit
420 class dinghies with symmetric spinnakers.
RS K6 keelboat with an asymmetric spinnaker on a retracting bowsprit.
Genoa (sail)
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A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating it. It was originally called an "overlapping j
Spinnaker
…spinnaker was the J/Boats J/105. The concept has spread rapidly through the sailing world. The tack of the sail may be attached at the bow like a genoa but is frequently mounted on a bowsprit, often a retracting one. If the spinnaker is mounted to a special bowsprit, it is often possible to fly the…
Genoa: 2 – Reinforcement 5 – Anti-UV covering 6 – Head foil attachment 7 – Panel(s) 8 – Telltales 9 – Reinforcement 11 – Leech line 13 – Foot control 15 – Furling marks Edges: 3 – Luff 4 – Leech 14 – Foot Corners: 1 – Head 10 – Tack 12 – Clew
SC70 RETRO's genoa overlaps the main sail and the mast