Word: foresail
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...mast held a large square sail and a foresail; the mast was hinged at the bottom so it could be lowered...
...triangular foresail used when sailing into or across the wind...
Spinnaker, a huge, billowing foresail used for sailing downwind...
...foot schooner, smallest of four small schooners racing from Sandy Hook to Santander, Spain. Her rigging was peculiar-designed by Herreshoff, who learned about sails in Scandinavian fjords. On the morning of the seventh day out, she had covered 800 miles and was making splendid headway, with her mainsail, foresail, forestay sail and jib set and full. Suddenly, a squall hit little Rofa...
...minutes later, the foremast was split to the deck and carried the foresail and headsail down with it. The boom fell athwart the cabin, crushing it in and while we had a narrow escape, nobody was injured. . . . The snapped masts floating in the water threatened to crash into our side as they were pounded along by the waves...
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