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What is it called a ship with triangular sails?
Sloops, ketches, and yawls have triangular-shaped sails.
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 is A ship with square and triangular sails?
"Square-riggers" have primarily square sails, but the jib sails are triangular.
What was the rudder used for?
The rudder was used to steer left or right, along with the sails.
Lanteen sails were triangular these sails were square?
Square sails are square
If lateen sails were triangular which type of sails were square?
They were referred to as "four-cornered" sails.
How did the stern rudder and larger sails make ships more seaworthy?
because if the sails didn't work you would still have the rudder in the back and you would have to control it another way
If lateen sails were triangular what were the square sails called in medieval times?
Square sails are not truly square but rectangular with a longer long side on the bottom perimeter of the sail. They were and are referred to as "four-cornered" sails.
How do you use the word triangular in a sentence?
The boat had triangular sails.
What are the foremost sails found on a fully rigged ship called?
foremost sail has triangular shape
What are triangular sails called?
One type is the "lateen sail", but there are also jibs; Genoa & spinnaker.
