Fairway

Foresail

A collective term for a jib or genoa — any sail set forward of the mast.

Fake (flake)

To lay a rope down in wide, overlapping loops so it can run out without snagging.

Forestay

Standing rigging running from the bow (or stemhead) up to the mast, to which the foresail …

Furling mainsail

A mainsail designed to roll up inside the mast (in-mast) or inside the boom (in-boom), all…

Fouled

Tangled, jammed, or caught up.

Furling line

The continuous control line led back to the cockpit that drives a headsail, code zero, or …