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What allows a boat to sail into the wind if fore and aft acts as an airfoil would a fully rigged ship simply furl the square sails?
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In all cases except running before the wind, the sail -- square rigged or fore-and-aft, acts as an airfoil and not really as a parachute. Square riggers were mostly used on trade runs where the prevailing winds were very predictable and could be relied upon to come from abaft the beam -- the maximum a square rigged sail can come into the wind and still perform. In the few cases where square riggers have to sail closer to the wind than a beam reach, they can, as you suggest, do so by dropping sail on the mains and sailing only with headsails and staysails, and other sails (often the mizzen) rigged fore and aft.
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What was the brigantine ship made of?
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What is a two-masted sailing vessel called?
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What is the main advantage of triangular lateen-rigged sails over square-rigged sails?
I'm not an expert, but I believe you can sail closer to the wind with a lateen-rigged sail than with square sails.
What is the synonyms for ship?
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What is a fast square rigged sailing ship?
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What is the definition of a tall ship?
any square rigged sailing ship
What was old Ironsides powered by?
Sails. It's a square-rigged sailing ship.
What is a word meaning a fast square rigged sailing ship?
A clipper ship
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What is the contraction for brigantine?
Brig - a two masted vessel square rigged on both masts
Small square rigged two masted boat?
Hi this seems like an answer, what was the question?
Sailing vessel with 2 masts one square rigged favoured by pirates?
That would be the Caravel.
If you where on a brig what vehicle would you be riding?
a two-masted square-rigged ship or in the prison of a warship.
What type of vehicle would you ride on a brig?
A Brig is a two masted square rigged ship
