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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)...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
- 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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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;...
- 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...
- A
cutter is a name for
various types of watercraft. It can
apply to the
rig (sail plan) of a
sailing vessel (but with
regional differences in definition)...
- mainmast, and any
additional masts are
rigged square, and only the
aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) is
rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen...
