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. Such sails are also described as fore-and-aft rigged.

Related Topics:
Sailing - Sails - Keel - Sail

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Fore-and-aft rigged sails include:

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• Staysails.
• Bermuda rigged sails
• Gaff rigged sails.
• Gaff sails.
• Lateen sails.
• The spanker on a square rig.

Fore-and-aft rigs include:

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• Single masted rigs:
• The sloop.
• The cutter.
• Two masted rigs:
• The ketch.
• The yawl.
• Rigs with two or more masts:
• The schooner.
• Rigs with three or more masts:
• The barquentine.
 
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