- 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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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 by...
- square-rigged
ships a
spritsail is
flown below the bowsprit;
these are
sometimes accompanied by a
sprit topmast,
which serves to ****ist the
spritsail while tacking...
- On
large sailing ships a
spritsail is a square-rigged sail
carried on a yard
below the bowsprit. In some
languages (such as German) it is
known as a "blind"...
- A
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...
- 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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manoeuvred out of the sail room. The
recovered sails consisted of the
spritsail,
spritsail topsail, fore topgallant, main course, main
topgallant and the mizzen...
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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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snotter is a rope or
tackle used in
sailing to
tension the
sprit on a
spritsail, or a
sprit boom on a sprit-boomed sail by
pulling the
lower end towards...
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during the Age of Sail. Its
purpose as
initially built was to ****ist the
spritsail (which hung
below it) in
bringing the bow
around when tacking. Unlike...
