Staysail
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A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff is affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit, or to another mast.
Staysails
Staysail schooner "Rich Harvest" becalmed. Its large genoa jib has been roller-furled, and its quadrilateral Fisherman staysail is still in a sailbag.
Jib
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A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its forward corner is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jib
Staysail
…are triangular; however, some are four-cornered, notably some fisherman's staysails. Triangular staysails set forward of the foremost mast are called jibs, headsails, or foresails. The innermost such sail on a cutter, schooner, and many other rigs having two or more foresails is referred to simply as the…
Three of the four jibs are in pink.