Delfin
Grand Vizier
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Marin, that is what a GB has. The primary purpose is slowing the period of roll or weather cocking the vessel at anchor. It would always fly aft of the main if that's all you got. If you have a mizzen as well the steadying sail flies off the main and the riding sail off the mizzen. A staysail always flies forward of the mainmast and always inside another sail, be it another staysail, jib, Genoa, etc. On smaller boats they are used to breakup the sailplan to make it easier to handle, which is a feature hardly needed on a trawlers whose sails, if any, are dinky.The two terms I have heard and read and that I use for the sail in question are "steady sail" and "riding sail."