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A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig. [1] By extension, "sail plan" describes the arrangement of sails on a craft.
Filled with wind, the sail has a roughly spherical polygon shape and if the shape is stable, then the location of centre of effort is stable. On sailing craft with multiple sails, the position of centre of effort varies with the sail plan. Sail trim or airfoil profile, boat trim and point of sail also affect CE.
Barquentine sail plan. While a full-rigged ship is square-rigged on all three masts, and the barque is square-rigged except for the mizzen-mast, the barquentine extends the principle by making only the foremast square-rigged. [1]
Lines plan A scaled-down version of a full-sized drawing often including the body, plan, profile, and section views Body Plan A view of the boat from both dead ahead and dead astern split in half Plan view A view looking down on the boat from above Profile view A view of the boat from the side Section view Cross-section of the boat's width Batten
The standard 3.7 Class is used for class racing. A turbo version provides option to additionally fit a prod and gennaker. The 3.7 Class use a fully battened mainsail of approximately 8.8m^2 on a carbon mast. The sail plan is closely controlled by the class rules and the hull form is very closely controlled by the rules and measured on a jig.
Reliance was the first racing boat to be fitted with winches below decks, in an era when her competitors relied on sheer man-power. Despite this a crew of 64 was required for racing due to the large sail plan. [1]
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Sail plan: Full-rigged ship: Armament: 100 guns of various weights of shot: General characteristics after 1685 rebuild [3] Class and type: 100-gun first-rate ship of the line: Tons burthen: 1683 tons: Length: 167 ft 9 in (51.13 m) (gundeck) Beam: 48 ft 4 in (14.73 m) Depth of hold: 19 ft 4 in (5.89 m) Propulsion: Sails: Sail plan: Full-rigged ...