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2. Xebec - Wikipedia

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   A xebec (/ ˈ z iː b ɛ k / or / z ɪ ˈ b ɛ k /), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast .

3. Polacca - Wikipedia

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   A polacca (or polacre) is a type of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century sailing vessel, similar to the xebec or the megayacht. The name is the feminine of "Polish" in the Italian language. The polacca was frequently seen in the Mediterranean.

4. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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   Xebec A Mediterranean sailing ship, typically three-masted, lateen-rigged and powered also by oars, with a characteristic overhanging bow and stern Yacht A recreational boat or ship, sail or powered Yawl A yawl is a two masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with the mizzen mast positioned abaft (behind) the rudder stock

5. Galiot - Wikipedia

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   A Spanish xebec (center) attacked by two Algerian galiotes (1738) A Dutch galiot from Willaumez's Dictionnaire de la Marine in the 17th century. A galiot, galliot or galiote, was a small galley boat propelled by sail or oars. There are three different types of naval galiots that sailed on different seas.

6. Sail components - Wikipedia

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   Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. fore-and-aft) and its shape, (e.g. (a)symmetrical, triangular, quadrilateral, etc.).

7. Gaff rig - Wikipedia

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   For a given sail area a gaff rig has a shorter mast than a Bermudan rig.In short-ended craft with full body, heavy displacement and moderate ballast ratio, it is difficult to set enough sail area in the Bermudan rig without a mast of excessive height and a centre of effort (CE) too high for the limited stability of the hull. [8]