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Tern Schooner Trivia
I'm starting my research to restore the rigging on a model of a tern
schooner which was built many moons ago by a Gloucester fisherman. Sources I see today, fumbling through my searches, may be overgeneralizing when they say a tern is any three masted schooner. Other sources have led me to believe that many or most schooners have the main mast in the middle, and only schooners with an aft main mast are terns. My model schooner has the main mast in the rear, er aft, and I believe it is that aft main mast that makes it a tern. The middle mast is of medium height. But that's only incidental to my question. The fact remains that the tallest mast is the main mast. What is the proper name for the middle mast? 1. Fore-mast 2. ??? - mast 3.Main-mast Thanks in advance for any help. Have fun with any controversy. Sorry if a model is OT. Maybe I should build a real boat. I don't have a boat. But I have rights for a mooring here at my humble beach shack. I should build a bigger house with a workshop. Then I can build the boat. Just something to explore the shoreline of Long Island Sound and catch a few stripers. Then I can fix the model. But I'll be fishing. mid-mizzen? -dean motogroove hat yaaaaahoo spot calm |
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Tern Schooner Trivia
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:29:21 -0700 (PDT), Dean H
wrote: I'm starting my research to restore the rigging on a model of a tern schooner which was built many moons ago by a Gloucester fisherman. Sources I see today, fumbling through my searches, may be overgeneralizing when they say a tern is any three masted schooner. Other sources have led me to believe that many or most schooners have the main mast in the middle, and only schooners with an aft main mast are terns. My model schooner has the main mast in the rear, er aft, and I believe it is that aft main mast that makes it a tern. The middle mast is of medium height. But that's only incidental to my question. The fact remains that the tallest mast is the main mast. What is the proper name for the middle mast? 1. Fore-mast 2. ??? - mast 3.Main-mast Thanks in advance for any help. Have fun with any controversy. Sorry if a model is OT. Maybe I should build a real boat. I don't have a boat. But I have rights for a mooring here at my humble beach shack. I should build a bigger house with a workshop. Then I can build the boat. Just something to explore the shoreline of Long Island Sound and catch a few stripers. Then I can fix the model. But I'll be fishing. mid-mizzen? -dean motogroove hat yaaaaahoo spot calm According to "Chapman great sailing ships of the world" By Otmar Schäuffelen, see: http://books.google.com/books?id=QgM...esult&resnum=1 the sails and by extension the masts on a three masted schooner are Fore Sail, Main Sail and Mizzen Sail. Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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