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Tall Ships Youth Trust is to sell one of its brigs
"Ronald Raygun" wrote in message ... Dave wrote: On 2007-08-23 09:33:08 -0700, Ronald Raygun said: Wilbur Hubbard wrote: A 'brig' is the term used for a prison. You know like, "Throw the ******* into the brig!" Buck up there, man! Call a spade a spade. It's a 'brigantine.' Not so. They are brigs (square rigged on both masts). Brigantines are square rigged only on the fore mast. Yep, a brig is a two-master with the forward mast shorter than the after. If the forward mast is taller it's a ketch. (Unless the mizzen is behind the rudder post, then it's a yawl.) If the fore mast is shorter than the main it could also be a schooner. I gather the distinction between that and a brigantine is that the schooner has no square sails at all. Would you have a ketch/yawl with square sails? http://www.sailbaltimore.org/shiptypes.htm |
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