Sail-plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A sail-plan is a set of drawings, usually prepared by a naval architect. It shows the various combinations of sail proposed for a sailing ship. The combinations shown in a sail-plan almost always in...
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Square rigged sails had the advantage of providing stability on large ships and in heavy seas, and they remained the main type of sail on European vessels until the last days of sail. However, the lateen sail provided greater maneuverability and ability to tack on rivers and in narrow waters.
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nabataea.net/sailing.html
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The lateen rig has been combined with the square rig to make such a rigging as the xebeca three-masted vessel square rigged on the main, and lateen on the fore and mizzen. Triangular sails of the same type as the jibs can be set on the stays between the masts of a fully rigged ship, and are then known as staysails.
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www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/rig.htm
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A lateen-rigged ship might be able to sail as much as 10 or 15 degrees into this wind and continue making headway by tacking back and forth. ... In normal circumstances, ships equipped with square sails could not sail as close to the wind as ships with lateen sails. Square sails, however, required many fewer persons to...
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The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail. The triangular sail was affixed to a long yard or crossbar, mounted at its middle to the top of the mast and angled to extend aft far above the mast and forward down nearly to the deck. ... Lateen sails work...
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It was square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast. Carracks were the first proper ocean-going ships in Europe: large enough to be stable in heavy seas, and roomy enough to ... In the 18th and early 19th centuries, a large xebec carried a square rig on the foremast, lateen sails o ...
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www.experiencefestival.com/lateen_sail
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The ships used in the early period of European exploration were called barcas and barinels but their square sails were clumsy and the ships were slow to respond. Future versions of the ship would have four masts, with the fourth mast forward (the mast closest to the bow) being square-rigged. Two of the three ships in...
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Most had three masts, forward masts being square-rigged, lateen-sails on the mizzenmast, and a small square sail on her high-rising bowsprit. Some galleons sported 4 masts but these were an exception to the rule.
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In the Golden Age of Piracy any ship could be a pirate ship. All you needed to make a pirate ship. ... Most had three masts, forward masts being square-rigged, lateen-sails on the mizzenmast, and a small square sail on her high-rising bowsprit. Some galleons sported 4 masts but these were an exception to the rule.
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