Jib Sails
The jib sail is found in Mediterranean countries, and consists of a simple triangle of cloth wound round a spar. The mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. Though rare in the UK, at least two windmills are known to have had jib sails (St Mary's, Isle of Scilly and Cann Mills, Melbury Abbas).
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Jib sails
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More fully spread
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St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
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Cann Mills, Melbury Abbas
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