| Over the long history and thousands of years people | | | | head sail. This sail is attached to the forestay which is |
| have been sailing to travel over the waters. And we | | | | between the masthead - bow. |
| have been making the sails for different thing and use | | | | A Racing Sloop |
| for different circumstances. | | | | This racing sloop is a different example of a Bermuda |
| Do you know what the "rig" means on the sail boats? | | | | rig. These are the sail boats that you see on the T.V. |
| No, well good things you are reading this. It means the | | | | which are racing. These are very fast; one of the |
| combinations of masts and sails, but this may also be | | | | fastest is called the Puma. The sails you find on this |
| different to boat that are of different sizes. | | | | boat are a lot bigger than what you will find on your |
| Here are 3 types of sails boats. | | | | normal cruising boats. |
| A Modern Sloop | | | | A Fractional Sloop Rig |
| Let's start talking about one of the most common of all | | | | This is another racing sailboat but many times small |
| sail boats. The Modern Sloop is a small to about | | | | than the full sized one. This too has a sloop rig design. |
| midsized sailboat. The rigging on this boat is one mast | | | | But the thing you have to remember with this one is |
| with two different size sails. The first sail is the main | | | | that the mainsail it larger than the jib. |
| one. It is triangular shaped that is mounted to the mast | | | | The reason why this is because it give the drive easy |
| in the leading edge, but the bottom of the sail is | | | | time of handling and with more power. And the jib is |
| attached to the boom. | | | | not as high as the main sail. This is way it is called a |
| Then these is the sail that is in the front. This one is | | | | fractional sloop. |
| called the "jib" or you will hear some people call it the | | | | |