Sailing Ship Rigs

Authors

  • Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Nova Scotia Museum

Keywords:

Sailing Ships, Sail, Sails, Rigs, Rigging, ship, barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine, schooner, tern, fore and aft, Graham McBride

Abstract

An infosheet explaining the classic ship rigs used to configure sails in the 19th century, the Golden Age of Sail.

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Issue

Museum Publications: Infosheets

Section

Marine History