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Sailboat Rigging Types
Sailboat rigging types vary and refers to the ropes or
cables that support the masts and adjust the sails. The term may also
refer to the formation of masts and sails on a ship.
We will describe the the five most common
sailboat rigging types referred
to as, the formation of the mast and sails, on a ship.
Sailboat Rigging Types - Sailboat Rigging Types - Sailboat Rigging Types
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Fractional rig:
A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a
jib or Genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the
mast.
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Sloop rig:
sloops are designed to optimize upwind sailing. However, sloops also
offer an excellent overall compromise acceptable, if not optimal, to all
points of sail.
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Bermuda rig:
The rig consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast with its head
raised to the top of the mast; its Luff runs down the mast and is
normally attached to it for its entire length; its tack is attached at
the base of the mast; its foot controlled by a boom; and its clew
attached to the aft end of the boom, which is controlled by its sheet.
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Gaff rig:
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which a sail is a
four-cornered fore-and-aft rigged item controlled at its peak and,
usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. The gaff
enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular,
and as much as doubles the sail area that can be carried by that mast
and boom, if a boom is used in the particular rig.
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Mast aft rig:
A mast aft rig is a sailboat sail-plan that uses a single mast set in
the aft half of the hull to support a jib or multiple staysails, with
either a small or completely absent mainsail. Mast aft rigs are
uncommon, and found on few production sailboats.
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