- on a square-rigged vessel.
Fore-
and-
aft rigged sails include staysails,
Bermuda rigged sails, gaff
rigged sails,
gunter rig,
lateen sails, lug sails, tanja...
- Gaff
rig is a
sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast
and stays) in
which the sail is four-cornered,
fore-
and-
aft rigged,
controlled at its peak
and, usually...
-
rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the
mizzen is only
partly fore-
and-
aft rigged,
bearing a square-
rigged sail above. The word "barque"
entered English via the...
- to have a ship
rig or be ship-
rigged, with each mast
stepped in
three segments: lower, top,
and topgallant. The
masts of a full-
rigged ship, from bow...
-
Configurations differ for each type of rigging,
between fore-
and-
aft rigged vessels and square-
rigged vessels.
Standing rigging is
cordage which is fixed...
- two square-
rigged masts Brigantine with square-
rigged foremast and fore-
and aft mizzen Barque with two square-
rigged masts and a
fore-
and-
aft mizzen Barquentine...
-
three or more masts,
fore-
and-
aft rigged on only the
aftermost Barquentine A
sailing vessel with
three or more masts, square-
rigged only on the foremast...
- square-
rigged except the sternmost,
which is
fore-
and-
aft-
rigged.
barquentine A
sailing vessel with
three or more masts, with all
masts fore-
and-
aft-
rigged except...
-
Running rigging varies between vessels that are
rigged fore and aft and those that are square-
rigged. In
centuries past, a ship's
rigging was typically...
- were
gradually replaced by
fore-
and-
aft rigged vessels such as schooners, as
owners sought to
reduce crew
costs by
having rigs that
could be
handled by...
