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- rigged so is called a square-rigger. In 'Jackspeak' (Royal Navy slang) it also refers to the dress uniform of Junior Ratings. Single sail square rigs...
- with lateen rigged sails and the fore-mast with two square sails, and by its hull design which was narrower and longer. The square-rigged caravel was...
- A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. Such a vessel is said...
- rigged (main, mizzen, etc.) masts Bilander: two masts, main mast course sail lateen rigged, all others square rigged Schooner brig: one square-rigged...
- Barquentine with one square-rigged mast and two fore-and-aft masts behind Full-rigged ship with three or more masts with square sails on each The following...
- On large 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...
- than a comparable full-rigged ship or brig-rigged vessel, as fewer of the labour-intensive square sails were used, and the rig itself is cheaper.[citation...
- [kɐɾɐˈvɛlɐ]) is a small sailing ship that may be rigged with just lateen sails, or with a combination of lateen and square sails. It was known for its agility and...
- 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...
- had no lateen sails, but was instead square-rigged on the foremast and had a gaff-rigged mainsail with square rig above it on the mainmast. The mainmast...