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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Haggerty" data-source="post: 228199" data-attributes="member: 89"><p>The sails are called staysails. They are triangular sails that are rigged along the "stays", ropes or cables that run forward of the masts to support them. Look <a href="http://infa.abo.fi/~fredrik/sships/square-rigging.html" target="_blank">here</a></p><p></p><p>Since these sails are set along the beam of the ship, (and assuming there is a reasonable crosswind) they can be set either fore or aft to swing the ship about in one direction or the other.</p><p></p><p>Here is a picture of an immense four-masted barque, <em>Pamir</em>. By comparison, most ships of the 1700's and 1800's had 2 or 3 masts (fore, main and mizzen) with 3 or 4 courses (course, top, topgallant and royals, no uppers and lowers) of sail... except maybe for the largest Men of War.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://infa.abo.fi/~fredrik/sships/sailnames.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> </p><p>It's sails are numbered like so...</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Flying jib </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Outer jib </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Inner jib </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore topmast staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore course </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore lower topsail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore upper topsail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore lower topgallant sail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore upper topgallant sail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fore royal </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main topmast staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main topgallant staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main royal staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main course </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main lower topsail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main upper topsail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main lower topgallant sail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main upper topgallant sail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Main royal </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen topmast staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen topgallant staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen royal staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Crossjack </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen lower topsail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen upper topsail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen lower topgallant sail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen upper topgallant sail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mizzen royal </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Jigger staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Jigger topmast staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Jigger topgallant staysail </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Lower spanker </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Upper spanker </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spanker topsail, or just Gaff topsail</li> </ol><p></p><p>It also helps to read a lot of <em>Horatio Hornblower</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack Haggerty, post: 228199, member: 89"] The sails are called staysails. They are triangular sails that are rigged along the "stays", ropes or cables that run forward of the masts to support them. Look [url=http://infa.abo.fi/~fredrik/sships/square-rigging.html]here[/url] Since these sails are set along the beam of the ship, (and assuming there is a reasonable crosswind) they can be set either fore or aft to swing the ship about in one direction or the other. Here is a picture of an immense four-masted barque, [i]Pamir[/i]. By comparison, most ships of the 1700's and 1800's had 2 or 3 masts (fore, main and mizzen) with 3 or 4 courses (course, top, topgallant and royals, no uppers and lowers) of sail... except maybe for the largest Men of War. [IMG]http://infa.abo.fi/~fredrik/sships/sailnames.jpg[/IMG] It's sails are numbered like so... [list=1][*]Flying jib [*]Outer jib [*]Inner jib [*]Fore topmast staysail [*]Fore course [*]Fore lower topsail [*]Fore upper topsail [*]Fore lower topgallant sail [*]Fore upper topgallant sail [*]Fore royal [*]Main topmast staysail [*]Main topgallant staysail [*]Main royal staysail [*]Main course [*]Main lower topsail [*]Main upper topsail [*]Main lower topgallant sail [*]Main upper topgallant sail [*]Main royal [*]Mizzen topmast staysail [*]Mizzen topgallant staysail [*]Mizzen royal staysail [*]Crossjack [*]Mizzen lower topsail [*]Mizzen upper topsail [*]Mizzen lower topgallant sail [*]Mizzen upper topgallant sail [*]Mizzen royal [*]Jigger staysail [*]Jigger topmast staysail [*]Jigger topgallant staysail [*]Lower spanker [*]Upper spanker [*]Spanker topsail, or just Gaff topsail [/list] It also helps to read a lot of [i]Horatio Hornblower[/i] [/QUOTE]
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