OzOne wrote:
, Walt scribbled thusly:
Bart wrote:

http://www.goodoldboat.com/classifieds/TonyPeot.jpg

What are the names of the five sails on this aluminum yawl.

Spinaker, staysail, mainsail, mizzen staysail, mizzen.

Close...but not quite...If the mizzen had a forestay you couldn't tack
the boat.

You could make the same argument about the backstay on some sloops.
That doesn't mean it's not there, just that you have to dick around with
it to tack or gybe.

Anyway, "Mizzen staysail" was an educated guess. Maybe I need more
education.

//Walt

On Oct 30, 2:47 pm, Walt wrote:

Anyway, "Mizzen staysail" was an educated guess. Maybe I need more
education.

//Walt

That's indeed what we call that sail here on the "right side up" part
of the world, Walt. The wire inside the luff acts as the "stay", and
the sail does have to come down to change tacks. There is also such a
thing as a mizzen spinnaker, but that isn't what is shown in the pic.
No offence intended, but what the "upside down people" call it is
probably some quaint thing like "boofsmoggler" or "deepilboink", maybe
Oz will enlighten us?
Happy Halloween,
Mike

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On Oct 30, 2:47 pm, Walt wrote:

Anyway, "Mizzen staysail" was an educated guess. Maybe I need more
education.

//Walt

That's indeed what we call that sail here on the "right side up" part
of the world, Walt. The wire inside the luff acts as the "stay", and
the sail does have to come down to change tacks. There is also such a
thing as a mizzen spinnaker, but that isn't what is shown in the pic.
No offence intended, but what the "upside down people" call it is
probably some quaint thing like "boofsmoggler" or "deepilboink", maybe
Oz will enlighten us?
Happy Halloween,
Mike

Agreed on all points, Mike.

Max

Also; The Staysail off the Main Mast is should be classified as the Main
Staysail or the Fore Staysail.

The Staysail on the Mizzen Mast is often called a Mizzen Runner.

WHAT A PRETTY PICTURE!!!!


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"Thom Stewart" wrote
Also; The Staysail off the Main Mast is should be classified as the Main
Staysail or the Fore Staysail.

The Staysail on the Mizzen Mast is often called a Mizzen Runner.

WHAT A PRETTY PICTURE!!!!

I like the boat too. It is for sale BTW.

Now about the staysail. You notice it is long in the foot and
short in the luff. What is the name for that sort of staysail?

Bart wrote:

Now about the staysail. You notice it is long in the foot and
short in the luff. What is the name for that sort of staysail?

Low aspect? Very low aspect? Ultra low aspect?

You probably have in mind some salty word like "sputterer" or
"gollywacker" or something. Sorry, but I'm tapped. (c:

//Walt

Bart wrote:

Now about the staysail. You notice it is long in the foot and
short in the luff. What is the name for that sort of staysail?

Ok. It's been a couple of days, and nobody's posted the answer. What
is it?

//Walt

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Also; The Staysail off the Main Mast is should be classified as the Main
Staysail or the Fore Staysail.

The Staysail on the Mizzen Mast is often called a Mizzen Runner.

I've never heard it referred to as a "runner," but I think that term fits
nicely. Maybe better than "staysail."

Max

Max,

The name comes from the tack you're on when you fly it. The Main Boom
has to be out of the way, as in a down wind Tack or RUNNING before the
wind.

It is one of the saving graces of a Yawl Mizen Masts (Besides being very
pretty)


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Thom Stewart wrote:

The name comes from the tack you're on when you fly it. The Main Boom
has to be out of the way, as in a down wind Tack or RUNNING before the
wind.

It is one of the saving graces of a Yawl Mizen Masts (Besides being very
pretty)


Hmmm. It looks to me like the yawl in the picture is reaching, not
running - tough to tell from a 2D picture, but the spinaker pole looks
to be barely to windward of the bow.

http://www.goodoldboat.com/classifieds/TonyPeot.jpg

//Walt