headsail

May you never have to reef or change a headsail in the night.

They use a large headsail to increase sail area.

The small headsail blew out of control, as if bait for the Italians to make their move.

The one headsail we had up was putting too much strain on the rigging.

This control is used to adjust the amount of "sag" in the headsail.

A mainsail and headsail are likely to add another 3,000 square feet to the sail plan.

So to slow our forward movement, we would drop the headsail and use it as a drogue.

Not the tiniest triangle of headsail was on her.

He spent a good ten minutes there, most of it behind the headsail, where he couldn't be seen.

Finally I got the headsail up again.

He started to say something, paused, and instead arose to tighten the headsail halyard.

Minutes later, the headsail tore, forcing Barker to withdraw.

But equipment gave way a second time on Young America as its headsail broke free from the tack ring.

Instead of using the "360" as a penalty, there have been suggestions for requiring a boat to drop its headsail.

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He lost a spoke, swore, and threw his weight against the helm as a headsail banged forward.

Because of the improved sail control it is rare to find a non headsail without a boom.

The huge mainsail crashed into the sea as the headsail went streaming to leeward.

(France 2 tore a headsail and lost its lead just before the finish.)

Kookaburra II blew out a headsail toward the end of the match.

And would this clumsy old program accidentally slice his head off with a slashing headsail sheet?

A jib is a headsail that flies in front of the foremost vertical mast.

It is theorized that a headsail would be able to harness the dynamic winds and add power to its flight.

Her crew moved all the aircraft on deck forward to increase her headsail to further aid in control.