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Gunter rig is a
configuration of sail and
spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set
abaft (behind) the mast. The
lower half of the luff (front)...
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Topsails are
never carried on
gunter rigs. The
spritsail is
another rig with a four-sided fore-aft sail.
Unlike the gaff
rig where the head
hangs from a...
- sail
rig which resembles a gaff
rig, with the gaff
nearly vertical, is
called a
Gunter rig, or "sliding
gunter" from its
resemblance to a
Gunter's rule...
- the bow. Bermuda-
rigged sloop. The jib is a headsail. See
cutter rig for
other examples of headsails.
Gunter-
rigged sloop Gaff-
rigged sloop with a headsail...
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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...
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sailing vessel's
rig is its
arrangement of masts,
sails and rigging.
Examples include a
schooner rig,
cutter rig, junk
rig, etc. A
rig may be
broadly categorized...
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rigged vessel. Fore-and-aft
rigged sails include staysails,
Bermuda rigged sails, gaff
rigged sails, gaff sails,
gunter rig,
lateen sails, lug sails, tanja...
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these were open boats. They
carried a single-masted,
triangular lateen sail
rig. By the
fourteenth century,
their size had
increased and
their use had spread;...
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Bermuda rig,
Bermudian rig, or
Marconi rig is a type of
sailing rig that uses a
triangular sail set
abaft (behind) the mast. It is the
typical configuration...
- Look up
Gunter or
gunter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Gunter or
Günter may
refer to:
Gunter rig, a type of
sailing rig,
especially in
small boats...
