1. However the constant swell rolls Mirador 20 degrees to port causing the mainsail to Backwind and the headsail to deflate

2. This is a maneuver that involves pointing the boat into the wind and locking the helm in place with the mainsail up and the headsail Backwinded

3. Generally speaking, the closer in you can trim the headsail (without Backwinding the mainsail), the higher into the wind the sailboat can point and maintain its speed

4. With a Bowsprit, more of the headsail is free from interference by the main, and in fresh winds the center of effort, which is farther forward, reduces weather helm and pressure on the rudder

5. ‘Dropping down Abaft the bridge, the first thing to come into view was the funnel.’ ‘When a mainsail was set up in the correct place Abaft the genoa, the strain on the headsail sheet was observed to …