What is Jib?
[[File:Alexander von Humboldt 1 bearbeitet.JPG|thumb|right|The [[barque]] ''Alexander von Humboldt'', with four jibs set and a fifth furled (folded or packed up) on the [[bowsprit]]]] A '''jib''' is a [[Triangle|triangular]] [[sail]] that sets ahead of the [[mast|foremast]] of a [[Sailing ship|sailing vessel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolofsailing.net/terminology.html |title=Terminology |website=School of Sailing |publisher=Blue Water Sailing School |access-date=December 27, 2016 |archive-date=December 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205002035/http://www.schoolofsailing.net/terminology.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its [[tack (sail)|tack]] (lower leading edge) is [[wikt:attach|attach]]ed to the [[bowsprit]], to the [[bow (ship)|bow]], or to the [[Deck (ship)|deck]] between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and [[spinnaker]]s are the two main types of [[headsail]]s on a modern boat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinesurveyorschool.org/pages/sails.htm |title=About Sails |publisher=The Marine Surveyor School |access-date=December 27, 2016 |archive-date=July 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709065553/http://www.marinesurveyorschool.org/pages/sails.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> == Traditional vessels == [[File:Jib - kosatka.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|A jib sail (shown in green)}}]] [[Schooner]]s typically have up to three jibs. The foremost one sets on the topmast [[forestay]] and is generally called the ''jib topsail''. A second jib on the main forestay is called ''the jib''. The innermost jib is called ''the staysail''. Actually, all three sails are both jibs and [[staysail (sail)|staysail]]s, in a general sense. A large [[square rig|square-rigged]] ship typically has four jibs, but could have as many as six.<ref name=mayne1>{{cite book|last1=Richard Mayne|title=The Language of Sailing|url=https://archive.org/details/languageofsailin0000mayn|date=2000|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers|isbn=1-57958-278-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/langua