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17 relations: Aft, Batten, Bermuda rig, Bolt rope, Boom (sailing), Fore-and-aft rig, Gaff rig, Genoa (sail), Jib, Mast (sailing), Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Reefing, Spar (sailing), Spinnaker, Square rig, Topsail, Trysail.
Aft
Aft, in naval terminology, is an adjective or adverb meaning, towards the stern (rear) of the ship, when the frame of reference is within the ship, headed at the fore.
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Batten
A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also of plastic, metal, or fiberglass.
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Bermuda rig
A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.
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Bolt rope
A bolt rope (Variants: "bolt-rope" and "boltrope", French: ralingue, Spanish: relinga, Old Norse: *rár-línk, comprising rár genitive of rá "rope" and línk "edge of a sail "), is the rope that is sewn at the edges of the sail to reinforce them, or to fix the sail into a groove in the boom or in the mast.
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Boom (sailing)
In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole), along the of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail.
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Fore-and-aft rig
A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it.
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Gaff rig
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff.
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Genoa (sail)
A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating it.
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Jib
A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel.
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Mast (sailing)
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.
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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator.
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Reefing
Reefing is the means of reducing the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself.
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Spar (sailing)
A spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail.
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Spinnaker
A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a downwind, i.e. with the wind 90°–180° off bow.
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Square rig
Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts.
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Topsail
A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails.
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Trysail
A trysail (also known as a "spencer") is a small triangular or square fore-and-aft rigged sail hoisted in place of a larger sail when winds are very high.
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