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  2. Full-rigged ship - Wikipedia

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    The lowest and normally largest sail on a mast is the course sail of that mast, and is referred to simply by the mast name: Foresail, mainsail, mizzen sail, jigger sail or more commonly forecourse etc. Even a full-rigged ship did not usually have a lateral (square) course on the mizzen mast below the mizzen topmast.

  3. NRP Sagres (1937) - Wikipedia

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    The ship is a steel-built three masted barque, with square sails on the fore and main masts and gaff rigging on the mizzen mast. Her main mast rises 42 m (138 ft) above the deck. She carries 22 sails totaling about 2,000 m 2 (22,000 sq ft) and can reach a top speed of 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) under sail. She has a sparred length of 89 m (292 ft ...

  4. Rig (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    A lug sail is an asymmetric quadrilateral sail suspended on a spar and hoisted up the mast as a fore-and-aft sail. A mizzen sail is a small triangular or quadrilateral sail at the stern of a boat. A steadying sail is a mizzen sail on motor vessels such as old-fashioned drifters and navy ships (such as HMS Prince Albert). The sail's prime ...

  5. Mast (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    Three-masted training ship Mersey Main topgallant mast The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar , or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails , spars, and derricks , giving necessary height to a navigation light , look-out position , signal yard , control ...

  6. Course (sail) - Wikipedia

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    The course sail is the lowermost sail. In sailing, a course is a type of square sail. It is the sail set on the lowest yard on a mast. The courses are given a name derived from the mast on which they are set, so the course on the foremast may be called the fore-course or the foresail; similarly main-course or mainsail for that carried on the ...

  7. Polacca - Wikipedia

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    Some polacca pictures show what appears to be a ship-rigged vessel (sometimes with a lateen on the mizzen) with a galley-like hull and single-pole masts. Thus, the term "polacca" seems to refer primarily to the masting and possibly the hull type as opposed to the type of rig used for the sails.

  8. Mizzen+Main Names Chief Design Officer - AOL

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    Mizzen+Main, a menswear brand rooted in dress shirts and performance lifestyle products, has named Noreen Naz Naroo-Pucci chief design officer, effective April 4. Naroo-Pucci spent a decade at ...

  9. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    mizzen 1. A mizzen sail is a small sail (triangular or gaff) on a ketch or yawl set abaft the mizzenmast. [2] 2. A mizzen staysail is an occasional lightweight staysail on a ketch or yawl, set forward of the mizzenmast while reaching in light to moderate airs. [2] 3. A mizzenmast is a mast on a ketch or yawl, or spritsail barge.