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Re: What class of ship is the BSB?
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Date: 
Tue, 9 May 2000 14:55:40 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jonathan Wilson writes:
masted, square sails, and jib, though it is missing the spanker ...

What exactly is a spanker?

Did I interpret that correctly?  If so:

The spanker is a large gaff-rigged sail at the rear of a ship, usually mounted
on the back side of an otherwise square rigged mast.  It is sometimes refered
to as the driver.

6289 Redbeard Runner has a spanker (kinda set high, but all the sails are set
high on that beast).

Bruce



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