[Public-list] Spinnaker

Mike Lehman sail_505 at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 2 11:35:31 PDT 2006


The spinnaker was invented around 1866 and is believed that the name came 
from one of the first boats to fly a spinnaker, Spinx.  Since the sail was 
quite large, it was called Spinx's "acre," which eventually evolved into the 
modern term.



Mike Lehman
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