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| x Bermuda rig |
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The term Bermuda rig refers to a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is also known as a Marconi rig; this is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. Developed in Bermuda in the 17th century, the term Marconi was...
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| x Gaff rig |
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Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided,...
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| x Ketch |
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A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft (rearward) of the main mast, but forward of the rudder. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast...
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| x Yawl |
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A yawl (from Dutch Jol) is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional mizzen mast well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom. A small mizzen sail is hoisted on the mizzen mast.
The yawl was originally...
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| x Sloop |
A sloop (from Dutch sloep) is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter. A sloop's fore-triangle is smaller than a cutter's, and unlike a cutter, a sloop usually bends only one headsail, though...
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| x Schooner |
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A schooner (pronounced /ˈskuːnər/) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being shorter or the same height as the rear masts. Schooners were first used by the Dutch in...
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| x Fore-and-aft rig |
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A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore-and-aft rigged.
Fore-and-aft rigged sails include Staysails, Bermuda rigged...
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| x Ship rig |
A full rigged ship (a vessel with 3 or more masts, all square-rigged) is said to have a ship rig.
Such a vessel is sometimes referred to as a ship, without regard to whether it fulfills other definitions of that word. On the other hand, a ship...
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| x Inclined rig |
An inclined rig is a method of rigging a sail to direct the force of the sails in such a way as to reduce heeling.
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| x Square rig |
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Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts. These spars are called yards and their...
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| x Lateen |
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A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction.
Dating back to Roman navigation, the lateen became the favourite sail of...
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| x Cutter |
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When used in a nautical sense, a cutter is:
Traditionally the sloop rig was a rig with a single mast located forward of 70% of the length of the sailplan. In this traditional definition a sloop could have multiple jibs on a fixed bowsprit.
Cutters...
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| x Junk Rig |
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The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.
An origin of the name junk rig is not directly...
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| x Wishbone rig |
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A wishbone rig is a certain type of rigging on sailing vessels. This rigging is most popular on two masted heavy displacement units. On a ketch it is called wishbone ketch and then it is a subtype of ketch rigging.
A wishbone ketch rigged vessel is...
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