A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast. In the picture to the right, the forestay that secures the mast at the front of the boat is attached to the mast at a lower point and the fore sail (jib or genoa) is rigged to this stay. The mast is fart...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_rig
A rig where the headstay does not go to the bottom of the mast.
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http://www.mmsn.org/resources/glossary.html
A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4~ 7/8's, etc., of the way up the mast.
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