- A
fore-
and-
aft rig is a
sailing ship rig with
sails set
mainly in the
median plane of the keel,
rather than
perpendicular to it, as on a square-rigged...
- masts,
sails and rigging.
Examples include a
schooner rig,
cutter rig, junk rig, etc. A rig may be
broadly categorized as "
fore-
and-
aft", "square", or...
- "The
Drums of the
Fore and Aft" is a
story by
Rudyard Kipling. The "
Fore and Aft"
Regiment is the
nickname of the
fictional "The
Fore and Fit Princess...
-
foremast and fore-
and aft mizzen Barque with two square-rigged
masts and a
fore-
and-
aft mizzen Barquentine with one square-rigged mast
and two
fore-
and-
aft masts...
- reefing.
Configurations differ for each type of rigging,
between fore-
and-
aft rigged vessels and square-rigged vessels.
Standing rigging is
cordage which is...
-
power of wind
and propel the vessel.
There is a
variety of sail
plans that
propel sailing ships,
employing square-rigged or
fore-
and-
aft sails. Some ships...
-
athwart style during the 1790s, the
bicorne became normally seen
fore-
and-
aft in most
armies and navies from 1800. The
change in
style coincided with the flattening...
-
fore-
and-
aft rig
consists of
sails that are set
along the line of the keel
rather than
perpendicular to it.
Vessels so
rigged are
described as
fore-and-aft...
-
Fore-
and-
aft rigs
comprise the vast
majority of
sailing vessels in use today,
including effectively all
dinghies and yachts. The
sheet on a
fore-
and-aft...
- winds.
Restoring full sail area is
termed shaking out a reef.
Whereas fore-
and-
aft rigged vessels store the
unused portion of the sail on a boom (below...
