10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JIB-HEADED»
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Artificial Intelligence – Agent Behaviour
Each frame is depicted as a separate path, starting from the event state labelled
by the frame's name (for example, name = “jib-headed-cutter” on the top left),
then proceeding to a state that declares what kind of frame the path represents (
this ...
2
Dph Sports Series-Sailing
A gaff-headed mainsail is quite different from the jib-headed main. It is a
foursided (quadrilateral) sail with the top edge held aloft by a spar called a gaff.
Gaff- headed sails are cut shorter on the luff and longer on the foot than jib-
headed sails.
There are two general types of craft: 1. single-masted and 2. double-masted
There also are two general sail plains: 1. jib-headed and 2. gaff-headed A jib-
headed rig is one that has a triangular mainsail, the gaff-headed rig is one with a
...
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A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.:
Top Hamper.—Any realorsupposed unnecessary weight carried on deckoron
themasts. Topmast Hoops.—Occasionally hoops are used for jib- headed
topsails.The hoopswhen not in use rest onthe masthead. Inhoisting the topsail
the lacing is ...
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The Adlard Coles Book of Boatwords
'jib'. Jib topsail A small jib set flying above the ordinary jib. Jib boom A bowsprit
upon a bowsprit, so to speak. A spar which can be extended forward of the
bowsprit to carry an outerjib in light weather. Jib-headed In the days when gaff rig
was ...
6
The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments
In cruising yachts it could be regarded as the first reef; though in many working
craft, and some yachts, a jib-headed topsail was often set above a reefed
mainsail. Topsails should be cut to set flat, with a diagonal seam from the clew,
and if ...
There are several variations of the yawl rig as it may be either gaff or jib headed
on both main and mizzen or may have a combination of gafi mainsail and jib
headed mizzen which makes a good rig for off shore work. The yawl is ideal as a
...
LITTLE MAID 0F KENT Flomuocs: one-designs built by hundreds and thousands
and the taII-sparred jib-headed knockabouts which he felt looked pretty much
alike regardless of dimensions, his thinking nevertheless gravitated toward the
little ...
The one important change which time has wrought in the design of small cruising
yachts is in the rig; the substitution of the pole-masted, jib-headed sail for the
boom and gafl shown in Strange's plans. The fact seems to be generally
accepted ...
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Knight's Modern Seamanship
... to the apparent wind exists within narrower limits than that of the jib-headed rig.
In general, in sailing free the gaff-headed rig must be trimmed closer than a jib-
headed rig in order BOAT HANDLING AND HELICOPTER OPERATIONS 357.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JIB-HEADED»
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Lake Lanier Sailing Club's Reggae Regatta ~ June 19-21, 2015
The Reggae Regatta — the weekend of June 19, 2015. Don't know the difference between a mizzen gaff, a lugsail and a jib-headed spanker? Pffft. Not to worry, ... «LakeLanier.com, May 15»
The Boat from Buttevant Brings Home the Bacon
... the gaff mainsails, they then set up a jib-headed tops'l above the reefed sail in order to maximise luff length within the smaller sail area. «Afloat, Feb 13»
