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Subject:	Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.pirates
Date:	Mon, 17 May 2004 02:46:11 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Wesley Davis wrote:

Here’s some constructive criticism to start with, Steve: A “sloop” is by definition a single masted ship (with one jib). Your ship is actually a brig.

Or brigantine, technically, since the mainsail itself is gaff-rigged.

Here’s a page that explains: http://users.pandora.be/tree/wrecksite/db/other/types_of_sailing_ships.html?en

Here’s a couple of other useful pages on rigs:

http://www.sailfree.com/Rigs/rigs.htm

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/shipsrigging.htm

And a *lot* on square rigs in general:

http://www.infa.abo.fi/~fredrik/sships/square-rigging.html

Adieu

Richie Dulin

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		Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
(...) Or brigantine, technically, since the mainsail itself is gaff-rigged. Here's a page that explains: (URL) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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