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Thread ID: 80632	2007-06-30 00:43:00	Red sails in the sunset	Thomas01 (317)	PC World Chat

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564537	2007-06-30 10:33:00	You meant geneker. There is also a sail called a genoa which your mispelling could of been confused with. Trevor :) Sorry, that will be the one:thumbs: (the asymetrical spinnaker)	winmacguy (3367)
564538	2007-06-30 21:45:00	You meant geneker. There is also a sail called a genoa which your mispelling could of been confused with. Trevor :) Thanks Trev. Up until the race on Friday night, I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as a geneker:p. I always assumed that there was only one "balloony" sail, called the spinnaker, and that the genoa/geneker was the small sail in front of the main one.	somebody (208)
564539	2007-06-30 21:55:00	Thanks Trev. Up until the race on Friday night, I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as a geneker:p. I always assumed that there was only one "balloony" sail, called the spinnaker, and that the genoa/geneker was the small sail in front of the main one. There is actually a whole selection depending on the wind strength. You have the Main sail which is the "main" sail that is the big one that the boats put up first before the race that the crew work under that swings from side to side of the boat when gybing (changing direction down wind) or tacking (changing direction up wind) then they will have a smaller gib/genoa that is on the front of the mast from the "pointy" (bow) end of the boat. The gibs come in different sizes depending on wind strength with the larger lighter gib being used in the lighter breezes.	winmacguy (3367)
564540	2007-07-01 00:20:00	Yes your upwind sails are your Genoa and Staysail. You won't see them useing a staysail much as that is not used till winds get over about 17kts. Trevor :)	Trev (427)
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