- A
foresail is one of a few
different types of
sail set on the
foremost mast (foremast) of a
sailing vessel: A
fore-and-aft
sail set on the
foremast of...
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Fore-and-aft
rigged sails include staysails,
Bermuda rigged sails, gaff
rigged sails, gaff
sails,
gunter rig,
lateen sails, lug
sails,
tanja sails, the...
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mainsail is
engaging an
enemy vessel,
deploying a
foresail. A two-masted
merchant vessel with a
sizable foresail rigged on a
slightly inclined foremast is depicted...
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There is a
variety of
sail plans that
propel sailing ships,
employing square-rigged or
fore-and-aft
sails. Some
ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig...
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sail, so are
typically only
found on
schooners or ketches, and then only on the
foresail or mainsail.[citation needed] A
triangular fore-and-aft
sail...
- is a gaff-rigged
fore-and-aft
sail set from, and aft of, the
aftmost mast.
Spankers are also
called driver, jigger, and
pusher sail. On a
schooner of...
- aftwards): flying, outer, and
inner jibs, and the
fore-topmast staysail, forestaysail, and
foresail. For
staysails between the
foremast and the mainmast...
- they are set, so the
course on the
foremast may be
called the
fore-course or the
foresail;
similarly main-course or
mainsail for that
carried on the mainmast...
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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...
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orientation to the
vessel (e.g.
fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).
Sails are
typically constructed out...
