The square rigger sailing ships were the most efficient aerodynamically of all sailing ships. These include the barque, the brig and a full rigged ship.
A clipper is a fast-sailing ship used in the early maritime days. It had three masts, was square-rigged, and the hull was designed to slice through the water.
One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin., A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses., A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
A fast sailing ship of the 19th Century carrying bulk cargo. They carried three or more masts and were square rigged. They emerged to fulfill a need to carry cargo at speed around the world, such as tea from China. Clippers were amongst the fastest sailing ships ever made
You might be thinking about the sailing vessel known as a "clipper", a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig.
A caravel is a small lateen-rigged sailing ship developed in Portugal in the fifteenth century. Caravels were fast and maneuverable and capable of ocean travel. They could have one to four masts.
A Clipper was the fastest of all sailing ships.For a sailing ships to be faster draught of that ship must be low.Other fast-sailing ships are:CarrackCaravelSloopSchoonerBrigBrigandineBarque
Fast and easily maneuverable, the caravel was developed around 1450- and quickly became the preferred stlyle of vessel for the Portuguese exploreres. It had a shallow keel, so it could sail upriver (and explore!) in the shallow coastal waters. It could be rigged with lateen (triangular) sails, so it could sail closer to the wind. With the more standard square sails rigged, it was very fast. So- with it's agility, economy, speed, power, and versatility, it's small wonder Christopher Columbus used them in 1492.
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A "clipper" was the name given to a very fast, yacht like sailing ship with three masts and a square rig which was in use during the middle third of the 19th century.
A trimaran.