1The triangular space between the deck, foremast, and forestay of a sailing vessel.
（帆船甲板、前桅和前桅支索间的）三角形区
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In addition, the dip pole gybe requires another crewmember to adjust the topping lift while the pole is being swung through the foretriangle to the other side of the vessel.
Boats had low aspect mains, small foretriangles, fractional rigs and no lapping foresails.
Humphreys has drawn a fairly high-aspect, cutter-optimized sloop rig for the boat with a lot of emphasis on the versatility of the foretriangle.
More recently in the US it has come to be also used in cases where the foretriangle is enlarged by placement of the mast at a point nearly amidships.
If the two boats have similar sized foretriangles you can probably make it work.
1.1The area of sail within the foretriangle.
三角形区的帆区
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However, in addition to the mainsail, some manufacturers use the working jib or even a 150% genoa instead of the foretriangle to calculate the total sail area.
One nice thing about the high foretriangle is that gybing under spinnaker in heavy air does not demand flawless runner work to keep the mast in the boat.
Rigs have become so generic these days that it reminds me of the late 1960s when all we saw were masthead, single-spreader rigs with big foretriangles.
Bottom line is I think at least some IOR boats are under-rated; they can sail very well, especially in lighter air where the pinched ends reduce wetted surface and the big foretriangles provide power.
Definition of foretriangle in US English:
foretriangle
nounˈfôrˌtrīˌaNGɡəl
1The triangular space between the deck, foremast, and forestay of a sailing vessel.
（帆船甲板、前桅和前桅支索间的）三角形区
Example sentencesExamples
Boats had low aspect mains, small foretriangles, fractional rigs and no lapping foresails.
More recently in the US it has come to be also used in cases where the foretriangle is enlarged by placement of the mast at a point nearly amidships.
If the two boats have similar sized foretriangles you can probably make it work.
In addition, the dip pole gybe requires another crewmember to adjust the topping lift while the pole is being swung through the foretriangle to the other side of the vessel.
Humphreys has drawn a fairly high-aspect, cutter-optimized sloop rig for the boat with a lot of emphasis on the versatility of the foretriangle.
1.1The area of sail within the foretriangle.
三角形区的帆区
Example sentencesExamples
One nice thing about the high foretriangle is that gybing under spinnaker in heavy air does not demand flawless runner work to keep the mast in the boat.
Rigs have become so generic these days that it reminds me of the late 1960s when all we saw were masthead, single-spreader rigs with big foretriangles.
However, in addition to the mainsail, some manufacturers use the working jib or even a 150% genoa instead of the foretriangle to calculate the total sail area.
Bottom line is I think at least some IOR boats are under-rated; they can sail very well, especially in lighter air where the pinched ends reduce wetted surface and the big foretriangles provide power.