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Gennaker
A gennaker is a recently-developed sail used when sailing downwind; it can be described as a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker. It is asymmetric like a genoa, but, the gennaker is not attached to the forestay over the full length of its luff, being rigged like a spinnaker.
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