Jib (sail)
The jib of Dutch "kluif" (in the original meaning "claw"), is a triangular-cut sail which the bowsprit (whence its name derives) in front of the bow ramp.
If several jibs are raised, you call the foremost flyer , then outside jib , jib and then the inner jib , which is also called the inner jib . All other headsails are then headstay sails and as such are no longer attached to the jib boom and therefore no jibs either .
In old cutters with high rigging , the foresail is sometimes referred to as a jib even if there is no jib boom. The jib is then driven on the day of the cutter. Today, even with a cutter-rigged ship, a jib or genoa is usually driven on the outermost forestay and a cutter or storm sail on the cutter day.
An important task of the jib on large yard ships is to support the torque when turning and jibing and thus to accelerate the turning movement of the ship.
See also
literature
- Joachim Schult: Sailors Lexicon . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld - Various editions since 1977, e.g. B. 13th edition 2008, ISBN 3-7688-1041-0 .