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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 09-04-2013, 11:24
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Posted By nitpik
Re: Staysail definition?

Well, since I have a bald-headed schooner, what would I be callin' that high cut jib way out on the end of me bowsprit, if not a Yankee?
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-04-2013, 10:02
Replies: 71
Views: 11,955
Posted By nitpik
Re: Staysail definition?

You've got THAT right!
For a number of years I enjoyed restoring and sailing a Herreschoff Rozinante, which was officially classified as a ketch-rigged Yawl!

The term "yawl" was originally...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-04-2013, 09:25
Replies: 71
Views: 11,955
Posted By nitpik
Re: Staysail definition?

Thanks Jedi - I get the connection. I knew a sailor/artist whose Canadian name was John Kees, but he was a Dutchman, and he signed his paintings with his proper name, "Jan Kees", which he pronounced...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 04-04-2013, 07:16
Replies: 71
Views: 11,955
Posted By nitpik
Re: Staysail definition?

Wouldn't it be simpler if you all sailed proper yachts, with two masts? :whistling:
On a schooner, the sail out front is a Yankee, followed by the Stays'l., then the Fores'l (ForeMainSail), and then...
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