Small Boat Sails |
Common terms and phrases
adjustable aerofoil airflow all-woven allow apparent wind backwinding bench hook bendy mast bias board sails boat boom broad seam camber cent chafe Chapter clew close-hauled cloth crab claw sail creases cruising cunningham hole Dacron dinghy Dinghy Sails distortion eased effect extra eyelets fairlead fitted flat flatten fold forestay forward thrust fractional rig full length full-length battens furling genoa give gm/m² groove halyard headboard headsail heavy weather heeling force hoisted horizontal induced flow Kevlar leech and foot leeward light displacement light weather light winds loft luff mainsail mast bend mitre Mylar panels patch Plate polyester powerpoint pull racing radial head reach reef reinforcement roach rope round sailcloth sailmaker sailplan sewing sewn shape slack slightly slot speed spinnaker spreaders stitching straight stretch synthetic tabling tack tape tension Terylene threadline threads trim twist usually vertical weft windward wire woven