No, it's forward of the staysail The forestay of the 'cutter' sail is attached to the end of a looong boom (bowsprit).

George

Not very heavy going Richard, but I still did not find out if there is a specific name for the foremost sail on a cutter rigged yacht.

I think I'll just refer to the sails as the foresail and the inner foresail or staysail.

The whole question arose in my grey cell when I wanted to explain to which sail the Graupner 6-turn winch (pictured in my Colin Archer blog) was to be connected. I will simply refer to it as the foresail or jib. The one aft of it will be 'the staysail'. I expect I'll hear about it if I've got it all wrong

Many thanks Richard,

George

Edited By gecon on 14/06/2021 14:50:05

It' deffinately a headsail, but how do I differentiate between the two headsails?

My 'inner foresail/ staysaill' will be self-tack' on a horse. The foresail on the bowspit will be controlled by a winch.

George

Edited By gecon on 14/06/2021 14:55:23

Hi Malcolm, I think a 'Yankee' sail is simply a 'high cut' jib. The foot of the sail is higher up from the foredeck which helps to prevent it from 'catching' high seas coming over the bow. Many sailors choose a high cut genoa, this gives better visability forwards and also helps to keep the sail out og the 'og'.

The foresail attached to the end of the bowspit of the Colin Archer certainly has a 'yankee' shape to it.

Given that the Norwegians call it a 'Klyver', (pronounced "kloover&quot I thought that there would be a known English name for this particular sail.

It's really not very important, and I'm allmost sorry that I posted the question.

George

Edited By gecon on 15/06/2021 06:59:42

I'll some up then by first thanking all for their enthusiasm and conclude thus:

The Colin Archer has a rudder which operated manually via a tiller.

There are indeed a lot of new words popping up during construction. There's already two horses on deck. A cats's head each side of the bowsprit. Dead-eyes all over the place. Probably some 'pig-iron' somewhere too. A bit like Animal Farm really.

We'll settle for a 'jib' up front. It's not particularily high cut as the foot more or less parallels the foot of the staysail.

As for gender…..Colin Archer had Scottish ancestry. The men there dance around in skirts during celebrations so that settles that one.

As for Colin Bishop's Iron Dog….don't want any mention of dogs due to the afformentioned 'cat's heads in the bows

Cheers!,

George