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Genoa (sail)

Index Genoa (sail)

A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating it. [1]

20 relations: Bowsprit, Brand, Camber (aerodynamics), Deck (ship), Gennaker, Genoa, Jib, Ketch, Mast (sailing), North Sails, Performance Handicap Racing Fleet, Point of sail, Sail components, Sloop, Spinnaker, Staysail, Sven Salén, Tack (sailing), Venturi effect, Yawl.

Bowsprit

The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow.

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Brand

A brand is a name, term, design, symbol, or other feature that distinguishes an organization or product from its rivals in the eyes of the customer.

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Camber (aerodynamics)

In aeronautics and aeronautical engineering, camber is the asymmetry between the two acting surfaces of an aerofoil, with the top surface of a wing (or correspondingly the front surface of a propeller blade) commonly being more convex (positive camber).

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Deck (ship)

A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull of a ship.

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Gennaker

A gennaker is a sail that was developed around 1990.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Jib

A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel.

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Ketch

A ketch is a two-masted sailing craft whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast).

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Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.

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North Sails

North Sails is an international sailmaker with operations in 29 countries.

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Performance Handicap Racing Fleet

Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America.

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Point of sail

A point of sail is a sailing craft's direction of travel under sail in relation to the true wind direction over the surface.

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Sail components

Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured.

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Sloop

A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.

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Spinnaker

A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°–180° off bow.

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Staysail

A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit, or to another mast (the mast is item 13 in the illustration right).

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Sven Salén

Sven Gustaf Salén (7 November 1890 – 29 October 1969) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Tack (sailing)

In sailing, tack is a corner of a sail on the lower leading edge.

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Venturi effect

The Venturi effect is the reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constricted section (or choke) of a pipe.

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Yawl

A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast).

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Genoa Jib, Genoa jib.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_(sail)

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