mainsail

"Another thing we spent a lot of time on was the mainsail," he said.

He said his crew also had a new mainsail, which seemed to help.

From my vantage point above the mainsail, I saw the island first.

It happened that we had already put two reefs in the big mainsail.

It went up in a blaze and caught the mainsail at once.

The mainsail had at least a dozen holes in it now.

He did as he was told and the mainsail went up.

But with its size, the mainsail can be a handful in heavier air.

Not bad for the weapon with three reefs in the mainsail.

It has a 4,150-square-foot mainsail and a top speed of 16 knots.

There was a ripping noise as something shot through the mainsail!

"We must try to haul this mainsail close up," I said.

The foot of the mainsail is usually extended by a boom.

But the mainsail, larger than the others and therefore more vulnerable, was caught out of position.

This means most of the sail area is contained in the mainsail.

The other common type of furling system is for the mainsail.

I saw what was coming, sprang on top the cabin, and from there into the mainsail itself.

With mainsail set and at full throttle we steamed for home.

The class is designated by a "Y" on the mainsail.

It was in three bags, and had been covered with the spare mainsail.

A spar breaks and the mainsail cannot be brought down.

Then I kept off, filled the mainsail, and bore away for a second junk.

He looked up for a moment and then turned away, bending over the great fabric mass of the mainsail.

Here they started up the engine again and brought the vessel head into the wind to lower the mainsail before going in.

Down goes the mainsail, and only the jib draws us along.