square rig

Up came the caravel's square rigs, and so the chase was on in full.

The square rig of the sail flapped in the storm above his head.

She is changing to her square rig now, which means she is going up the coast.

Truelove was a full rigged ship, with three masts and square rig.

She therefore carried a full square rig on three masts, in common with large sailing warships of the period.

A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig.

Clippers had several masts and a square rig.

In accordance with the standard square rig sail plan, the topmast carries the topsail.

Square rigs allowed the fitting of many small sails to create a large total sail area to drive large ships.

Removal of square rig on foremast.

Traditionally, upp till the second half of the 1800s; therse boats used to be rigged with a square rig.

Almost all square rigs with more than one mast have one or two spankers, which evolved from the driver sail.

Classic types of sail like the Square rig or the Standing Lugsail have always worked without booms.

The Maid of England was the last of the few Canadian commercial vessels to carry a square rig.

Huntford describes her as "straight-stemmed", with an awkward square rig, and a tendency to wallow in heavy seas.

She was rigged with three masts, and photographs of sister ships show a square rig on the foremast only, making them barquentine-rigged vessels.

Apprentices were the last junior ratings not to be dressed as seamen, i.e. they did not wear 'square rig'.

The class was rigged with three masts, with square rig on the fore- and main-masts, making them barque-rigged vessels.

Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, with separate topmasts and topsails.

A square rig sail with a halyard is mounted on a lifting yard that is free to slide on a short section of the mast.

The rig combines the handiness of a fore-and-aft rig with much of the efficiency when running, of a square rig.

They started adapting the Mediterranean roundship that relied on a single, square rig on the mainmast and they slowly began increasing the cargo tonnage.

Although it is more difficult to tack with than a Marconi- or gaff rig, it has a better aspect ratio than square rig.

A barque rig of sails was carried, which meant she had three masts with a square rig on the fore and main masts.

Built in Kochi, India around 1512 it had two square rig masts and is depicted on a painting attributed to Joachim Patinir.