The full rigged ship also carries fore and aft sails between the masts and here again these are named after the particular stay on which they are mounted, for example the mizzen topmast staysail. The large fore and aft sail between the boom and the gaff is the spanker. A barque may have a sail above the spanker in which case it is known as the gaff topsail.
Saturday, 26 April 2008
The full rigged ship also carries fore and aft sails between the masts and here again these are named after the particular stay on which they are mounted, for example the mizzen topmast staysail. The large fore and aft sail between the boom and the gaff is the spanker. A barque may have a sail above the spanker in which case it is known as the gaff topsail.
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