Jib Sail
Jib sail is usually made of a strong canvas or mixture of nylon and canvas. The reason for making use of strong materials for jib sail is to resist the wind currents. Any one who enjoys the wonderful sport of sailing should be familiar with jib sail. It is nothing but the triangular shaped sails attached in the front and aft sections of the sail boat. Different sailing enthusiasts tie jib sail in different fashion. However, the correct place of fitting it is between the forestay and the main mast of the sail boats or yachts.
When you set your boat, you have two staysails, the inner one and the outer one. The inner one is called as staysail while the outer one is called jib sail. Jointly they both are called as cutter rig and some boats may also have two staysails and one mainsail and this type of boat is called as cutter. When you make use of one more jib, the innermost jib is self tacking.
Jib sail is also used with the boom. When it is tied to the boom of the sail boat, it will run out to the bowspirit. In this position jib sail gets expanded fully. This catches the wind currents for movement and makes your movements easy. Also this position of full expansion will help you to steer your vessel. You can realign the jib sails according to the wind movement and keep your sail boats moving smoothly. You may also tie the jib sail along with the staysail.
There are some underlying principles in tying your jib sail. You must learn these things to make your vessel move smoothly. You can browse online to get the details about them. In case, you feel that you are not satisfied with the details you get online, you may join the sailing classes conducted in many places. Sailing lessons are also available online. They teach you about every minute details of sailing including the usage of jib sail.
You must treat your jib sail periodically. This will help you to prevent it from salty wind and sunlight. Otherwise your jib sail will weaken and get decayed in a short span of time. Jib sail is manufactured to resist weather. However taking proper care of jib sail will extend its life. You do not use your sails all round the year. They may get spoiled for the want of use. So you must maintain it properly and store it in safe place so that the jib sails is kept in perfect dry condition for next sailing.
