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Square-rigged caravel or caravela de armada, of João Serrão (Livro das Armadas) in the 4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502). The square-rigged caravel (Portuguese: caravela redonda), was a sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the second half of the fifteenth century.
In this form it was referred to in Portuguese as a "round caravel" (caravela redonda) as in Iberian tradition, a bulging square sail is said to be round. It was employed in coast-guard fleets near the Strait of Gibraltar and as an armed escort for merchant ships between Portugal and Brazil and in the Cape Route.
The Holder 20 is an American trailerable planing sailboat that was designed by Ron Holder, in collaboration with sailmaker Dave Ulmann, as a one design racer and first built in 1980. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Rebel 16 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with some areas with balsa or foam cores. It has a fractional sloop rig with a rotating mast and hard-coated aluminum spars. the hull has a spooned plumb stem, a vertical transom, a kick-up, transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable steel centerboard.
The Force 5 has full sail controls, including a cunningham, outhaul, boom vang, and traveller. [4] The mainsail has a sleeve which fits over the 3-piece aluminum mast . A junior sail is available with reduced sail area for better handling when used by lower weight individuals under 185 lbs.
C&C Yachts was a builder of high-performance fiberglass monohull sailboats with production facilities in Canada, Germany, and the United States. [1] C&C designed and constructed a full range of production line cruiser-racer boats, as well as custom one-off and short production run racing and cruising boats.
The Pinta had its rudder replaced on the island of Gran Canaria, and by September 2 the ships rendezvoused at La Gomera, where the Niña ' s lateen sails were re-rigged to standard square sails. [38] Final provisions were secured, and on 6 September the ships departed San Sebastián de La Gomera [ 38 ] [ 34 ] for what turned out to be a five ...
Jerry Montgomery wrote that, "When I had Lyle Hess design the 17 I gave him about 6 months worth of sketches, indicating what I wanted the boat to be like. In my sketches I drew it both as a fixed keel, similar to the Cal 20, which was a very popular boat in Southern California at that time, and as a keel centerboarder.