Names of sails on a ship 1800 (right: bowsprit before 1715) |
One of your first tasks
is to learn the names of the various sails, otherwise you will end up
in a state of hopeless confusion - especially when you tackle the
running rigging.
The two drawings on the right show the sails of ships before and after
about 1830, with all the possible sails. This does not mean, of course,
that all these sails
were carried on every ship. The studding sails are only drawn in on the
port side, although of course they were also fitted to starboard and
they
were differentiated by the prefix starboard or port.
Names of the sails on a ship before about 1830:
1. Spritsail course; 2.
Spritsail topsail (on the right the arrangement commonly used
before 1715) .3. Outer jib; 4. Inner jib; 5. Fore topmast staysail.6.
Forecourse; 7. Fore topsail; 8. Fore topgallant sail; 9. Fore royal
sail; 10. Fore lower studding sail; 11. Fore topmast studding sail; 12.
Fore topgallant studding sail.13. Main staysail; 14. Main topmast
staysail; 15. Middle staysail;16. Main topgallant staysail.17. Main
course; 18. Main topsail; 19. Main topgallant sail; 20. Ma(n royal sail
(studding sails as fore studding sails).21. Mizen staysail; 22. Mizen
topmast staysail.23. Mizen course; 24. Mizen topsail; 25. Mizen
topgallant sail.
Names of the sails on a ship after about 1830:
1. Flying jib; 2. Outer jib; 3. Inner jib; 4. Fore topmast staysail.5.
Fore course; 6. Fore lower topsail; 7. Fore upper topsail; 8. Fo!e
lower
topgallant sail; 9. Fore upper topgallant sail; 10. Fore royal
sail;
11. Fore skysail; 12. Fore lower studding sail; 13. Fore topmast
studding
sail; 14. Fore topgallant studding sail; 15. Fore royal studding
sail.16.
Main staysail; 17. Main topmast staysail; 18. Middle staysail;19. Main
top
gallant staysail; 20. Main royal staysail.21. Main course; 22. Main
lower
topsail; 23. Main upper topsail;24. Main lower topgallant sail; 25.
Main
upper topgallant sail; 26. Main royal sail; 27. Main skysail; 28. Main
moonsail
(studding sails as fore studding sails) .29. Mizen staysail; 30. Mizen
topmast
staysail; 31. Mizen topgallant staysail; 32. Mizen royal staysail.33.
Mizen
course; 34. Mizen lower topsail; 35. Mizen upper topsail; 36. Mizen
lower
topgallant sail; 37. Mizen upper topgallant sail;38. Mizen royal sail;
39.
Mizen skysail.40. Mizen staysail; 41. Mizen topmast staysail; 42. Mizen
topgallant
staysail.43. Spanker; 44. Gaff topsail.
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