Owen McCall wrote:
On 12 Mar, 14:06, jg wrote:
Jewel wrote:
Anyone tell me how a vessel equipped with lanteen sails goes about without
dropping its sail and resetting it on the other side.
Many thanks
That's lateen. They generally just have a "bad tack" with the sail
pressed against the mast, but I'm sure I have seen dhows bring the base
of the yard around behind the mast so it sets right on either tack.

But it is well known that on the "bad tack" a Sunfish will actually
point higher than on the "good tack". This may not apply to a dhow.

Never seen a sunfish sail, but it makes sense they would point higher.
Whatever reason dhows might tack the yard, it's probably not performance.