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(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) Clearly it (...) I should have mentioned that I asked Steve a question about cannon a few months ago... Oh, I just dug into the exchange and found more info... Here is the response to my first e-mail: (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Why, when it dances! (rim shot) (...) The _Thomas W. Lawson_ holds the world's record for most masts on a sailing ship. T'was a 1910s schooner, IIRC, and it had *seven* masts. I have no idea what you'd call the four extras. Interesting page, (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) masts...? Foremast, foreward mainmast, mainmast, and mizzen. And I have no doubt that there are exceptions to the rule. When a mizzen becomes a jigger, I don't know. (...) Dunno what the Thomas W. Lawson is. Bruce (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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