Square rig
generic type of sail and rigging arrangement
Square rig refers to a type of sail and rigging where the sails are mounted on horizontal spars.[1] The number of masts, the square sails and how the yards (spars) are set out distinguishes a square-rigged ship.[2] The classic example of a square-rig is a three masted fully rigged ship.[2] The square-rigger descends from the lateen-rig.[1] Its angled sails became square sails.[1] The full-rigged ship is a ship with square-rigged sails on all its masts.[3] The square rig with all its sails and rigging is hard to handle when tacking or "coming about".[4] In the trade winds, square-rigged ships have an advantage, especially in deep water.[5]
A Square rigger during the Parade of Sail on 4 July 1976 (US Bicentennial)
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gershom Bradford, 'Rigs of Vessels', The Rudder, Volume 23, ed. Thomas Fleming Day (1910), p. 505
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Otmar Schäuffelen, Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World (New York: Hearst Books, 2005), p. xxi
- ↑ "The Rigging of a Sailing Ship". ThePirateKing.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ↑ Fred B. Jacobs, 'The Modern Sailor is Economical—II', Marine Review, Volume 50 (1920), p. 459
- ↑ "About Tall Ships". Sail Baltimore. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2017.