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<p>[QUOTE="James-2489, post: 32517, member: 2317"]Hello Gunny, Strictly speaking Schooners were 2 or 3 masted ships with all the lower sails rigged fore and aft. Sometimes square rig topsails were added for extra speed.</p><p>The ships depicted here are Barques with 3 or more masts all square rigged except the mizzen mast (rearmost mast) which was fore and aft rigged.</p><p>Fore and aft rigging allowed the ships to sail much closer to the wind at the expence of speed.</p><p>Modern yachts use fore and aft sails for manoverability and run up spinakers for additional downwind speed.</p><p>Regards, James[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James-2489, post: 32517, member: 2317"]Hello Gunny, Strictly speaking Schooners were 2 or 3 masted ships with all the lower sails rigged fore and aft. Sometimes square rig topsails were added for extra speed. The ships depicted here are Barques with 3 or more masts all square rigged except the mizzen mast (rearmost mast) which was fore and aft rigged. Fore and aft rigging allowed the ships to sail much closer to the wind at the expence of speed. Modern yachts use fore and aft sails for manoverability and run up spinakers for additional downwind speed. Regards, James[/QUOTE]
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