| Anatomy of Two Sails | ||||||||||||||||||
| Square Sails | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Bunt - The lower edge of a square sail. Clews - The lower corners of a square sail Head - The upper edge of a square sail. Leech - The vertical edge of a square sail. Yard � The spar to which the head of a square sail is tied. |
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| Fore-and-Aft Sails | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Foot - The lower edge of a fore-and-aft sail. Boom - The spar to which the foot of a fore-and-aft sail is tied. Clew - The aft-lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail. Gaff - The spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is tied. Head - The top edge of a four sided sail or the top corner of a triangular sail. Leech - The aft edge of a fore-and-aft sail. Luff - The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail. Tack - The forward-lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail. |
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