Posted by Mike F on July 19, 2002 at 02:40:41 from 203.26.98.6 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Jibbooms, bobstays, and yacht clubs posted by Mike Field on July 19, 2002 at 02:12:14:
It's always the forestaysail ("staysail") that carries the club, not the jib. The staysail is the triangular sail forward of, and closest to, the mast, the jib being further outboard. So in fact the club would never be called the jib-boom anyway, but the staysail-boom.