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What is A ship with square and triangular sails?
"Square-riggers" have primarily square sails, but the jib sails are triangular.
What is the ship with square and triangular sails?
caravel
A ship with square and triangular sails?
caravel
What are the foremost sails found on a fully rigged ship called?
foremost sail has triangular shape
What is a seven letter word for a ship with triangular sails?
A clipper.
A ship developed in the 1400s with triangular sails for tracking into the wind and square sails to for running before the wind?
A caravael
If La-teen sails were triangular which type of sails are square?
Square sails (rectangular) were (are) called four-cornered sails.
Lateen sails were triangular these sails were square?
Trapezoidal, actually. But the square sails were called square sails. Lateen or square could be referred to as yards.
What does caravel mean in a simple definition?
a ship with triangular sails that allowed it to sail into the wind and with square sails that carried it forward when the wind was at it's back.
What was the difference between caravels and earlier ships?
the caravel has triangular sails as well as square sails. Square sails carried the ship forward when the wind was at its back. Triangular sails allowed the caravel to sail into the wind. the caravel was better than other euoopean ships of the time at this type of sailing
What were caravels and how were they better than what they replaced?
Caravels are ships! They used triangular sails that, unlike traditional square sails, allowed ships to sail against the wind. By replacing oars on the ship's side with rudders at the back of the ship, the Portuguese also greatly improved steering.
Where are the main sails on a ship called?
There are three to four sails on a ship. The main sail is called the main course. Sailing can be complicated at first, but once who get the hang of where all the sails are, it will be easier.
