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Tall Ships Youth Trust is to sell one of its brigs
"Ronald Raygun" wrote in message ... Wilbur Hubbard wrote: I Googled some pics of the Trust's brigs (they are brigs according to definition because the pictures showed they are both square-rigged on both masts with no fore-and-aft sails on the masts) and they are nice looking boats. Must try harder on the old observational skills, matey. They *do* have a fore-and-aft sail on the after mast. It seems to be a common feature of virtualy all sizeable vessels of this era that at least the after mast always has at least one gaff sail. One must presume there must have been a technical reason for this. The distinction between brig and brigantine is simply whether the after mast is *exclusively* fore-and-aft or *also* has square sails. The photos I Googled showed both of them sailing together and neither on had a fore and aft sail on the mainmast. Both masts were square-rigged from top to bottom. http://www.tallshipsyouthtrust.net/d...t=693&doc=6823 This means they are rightly called 'brigs.' If they were fitted with a gaff mainsail at some time earlier or later then they should be called 'brigantines.' See the link with illustrations I posted further up this thread. I hope this helps. Wilbur Hubbard |
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