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- noun Plural form of
genoa .
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Examples
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The foresails jibs and genoas are set from the headstay.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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The foresails jibs and genoas are set from the headstay.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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How do you arrange the two genoas at the same time?
YBW News 2009
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This posed some interesting problems during the design stage as the rigs need to be stable enough to support masthead sails, whilst the geometry also needs to be effective in sheeting the overlapping fractional genoas around the stay envelope.
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By using a higher fibre grade and having the rig's weight and CG limits identical to the last race, stiffer rigs could be designed to cope with the higher top mast loads associated with the masthead upwind genoas.
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