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spritsail::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fore-and-aft sail |
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spritsail
In addition, the ship carried a small square sail, a spritsail, on the bowsprit.
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The spritsail is a form of three or four-sided, fore-aft sail and its rig.
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Topsails were added by 1460, then a spritsail under a bowsprit.
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The spritsail rig was normally used without a boom.
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The spritsail was best known from its use in the Thames sailing barge, which employs two similarly sized spars to form the framework for the sail area.
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It's sheltered but the gentlest breeze is all that is necessary to send our long pulling boat with its little spritsail effortlessly across and out of the bay.
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- A fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
- The spritsail is a form of three or four-sided, fore-aft sail and its rig. Unlike the gaff where the head hangs from a spar along its edge, this rig supports the leech of the sail by means of a spar or spars named a sprit. ...
- A sail attached to a yard which hangs under the bowsprit, and has a large hole at each of its lower corners to evacuate the water which fills its cavity by the surge of the sea when the ship pitches.
- A four-sided fore and aft sail set on the mast, and supported by a spar from the mast diagonally to the peak of the sail.This is a time-honoured contrivance for setting a sail that has no boom, but a gaff is preferred if the sail has a boom.
- A rectangular for sided sail.
