Reacher

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The reacher is a special headsail for a sailing boat . It is only used on wide to half wind courses .

The name is derived from the English word reaching , which is the English name for the course range of clear wind (the wind on the boat comes from diagonally behind) to half wind (the wind on the boat comes exactly from the side).

Like the blister and the gennaker , it is driven on the fly, i.e. the luff is only attached (attached) at two points, namely the head of the sail and the neck of the sail . In contrast to blisters and gennakers, the reacher is usually cut flatter (less belly ) and can therefore be driven higher towards the wind. Reachers usually have a larger sail area than standard genoas and are fuller (more bulbous) cut than these. The reacher used to be called a space balloon .