On 7/4/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I like the way the curve of the barrier echoes the curve of the sail
>at the front (there's probably a nautical word for that sail - is that
>the jib?).

It's a gaff-rigged sloop with twin foresails (a pair of jibs) and a
bowsprit. Actually an unusual rig for a fairly modern boat.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaff_rig>





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