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Examples of fore-and-aft rig
fore-and-aft rig
The spritsail is a form of three or four-sided, fore-aft sail and its rig.
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Petty officers, like all senior rates, wear fore and aft rig.
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But this rig fell from favour to fore-and-aft gaff rigs and bermuda rigs after the development of steam power and new materials.
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The development of the rig is thought to have begun with fore-and-aft rigged boats built by a Dutch-born Bermudian in the 17th Century.
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A fore-and-aft rig is a sailingrig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it.
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The tall masts and triangular fore-and-aft sails reminded some people of Marconi's wireless towers, hence the rig became known also as the Marconi rig.
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The Bermuda sail makes its appearance and with it the fore and aft rig is poised to definitively take over from the traditional square rigs.
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