The jib sheets are of a 2:1 purchase and attach on the front beams with their own two travellers.

They are also used for jib sheets on small boats and on paragliders.

'Rossi, give him a couple of feet on that jib sheet,' Ramage said.

Once you are through the tack, release the jib sheet and fasten it on the opposite side of the boat.

Early in the morning, when it was just light, the jib sheet carried away.

Because the mainsheet and jib sheets are double-ended, they can be handled from either chair.

These are often referred to using the name of the sail they control (such as main sheet, or jib sheet).

If you already know your jib sheet from your main halyard, the possibilities are almost endless.

He let the jib sheet loose and heaved in on the main.

Instead he felt as taut as a flying jib sheet hard on the wind.