Extra (sailing)

In sailing, an extra is a sail that is not part of the working sail plan.

The most common extra is the spinnaker. Other extras include studding sails, the modern spanker (or tallboy), and some staysails and topsails.

In yacht racing, there are often separate divisions depending on whether or not extras are permitted. A race or division in which extras are not permitted is commonly called a non spinnaker, or no flying sails, race or division.

Sails, spars and rigging

Sails (sail plan)	Course Crab claw Driver Extra Fisherman Genoa Gennaker Jib Lateen Mainsail Moonraker Royal Skysail Spanker Spinnaker Spritsail Staysail Studding Topgallant Topsail Trysail Watersail lugger

Sail anatomy and materials	Clew Foot Head Leech Luff Roach Tack Throat Peak Dacron Technora Kevlar Twaron

Spars	Boom Bowsprit Boomkin Dolphin striker Pelican striker Fore-mast Gaff Jackstaff Jibboom Jigger-mast Jury rig Main-mast Mast Mizzen-mast Truck Spinnaker pole Spreader Sprit Topmast Yard

Rigging components	Backstay Block Boomkicker Braces Buntlines Chainplates Cleat Clevis pin Clewlines Cunningham Downhaul Earing Fairlead Forestay Gasket Gooseneck Gunter Guy Halyard Kicker Lazy jack Outhaul Parrel beads Peak Preventer Ratlines Running rigging Shackle Standing rigging Sheet Shroud Stay mouse Stays Throat Topping lift Trapeze Traveller Turnbuckle Vang Windex

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