- The
spritsail is a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail that is
supported at its
highest points by the mast and a
diagonally running spar
known as the sprit...
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sailing ships a
spritsail is a square-rigged sail
carried on a yard
below the bowsprit. One of the
earliest depictions of a
spritsail is
carved on Borobudur...
- The
Woods Hole
spritsail boat is a
small sailing and
rowing craft,
constructed entirely of wood, and
fastened with iron or copper. It was used historically...
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though it is not
restricted to Oceania, is
neither a
lateen sail nor a
spritsail, and has an
independent older origin. Crab-claw
sails were
invented somewhere...
- Gunter-rigged
sloop Gaff-rigged
sloop with a
headsail and a gaff
topsail Spritsail sloop Sloop sail with
multiple foresails and
topsail Mast aft rig, a single...
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close adjacent to it.
Topsails are
never carried on
gunter rigs. The
spritsail is
another rig with a four-sided fore-aft sail.
Unlike the gaff rig where...
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identifying device". The Jack was
flown in the bows or from the head of the
spritsail mast to
indicate the vessel's nationality: "You are
alsoe for this present...
- (square rig) Moonraker* Ringtail*
Royal Skysail*
Spanker Spritsail (square-rigged)†
Spritsail* (Optimist) Studding*
Tanja sail
Topgallant Topsail Watersail*...
- Gama as the São Gabriel, with six sails, a bowsprit, foresail, mizzen,
spritsail and two topsails,
already had the
complete features and the
design of...
- (square rig) Moonraker* Ringtail*
Royal Skysail*
Spanker Spritsail (square-rigged)†
Spritsail* (Optimist) Studding*
Tanja sail
Topgallant Topsail Watersail*...
