gaff sail - A four sided sail used instead of a triangular main sail. Used on gaff rigged boats.
gaff - 1 - A spar that holds the top of a four sided gaff sail. 2 - A pole with a hook at the end used to get a fish on board.
Gaff - (1) A spar that holds the upper side of a four sided gaff sail. (2) A pole with a sharp hook at the end used to get a fish on board.
A slide may also be used on the head, luff or foot of a gaff sail sail slot or groove A narrow channel running the length of the mast or boom into which a rope-reinforced edge of the mainsail is inserted and thus bent [Top of Page] [Bottom ...
A slide may also be used on the head, luff or foot of a gaff sail. sailmaker's palm: a stiff leather strap that fits around the hand and contains an inverted metal thimble, ...
Peak: Outer end of the gaff -upper aft corner of a gaff sail.
Pennant: a triangular flag.
PFD: Personal Flotation Devices. Better known as life jackets.
GAFF - A spar to support the head of a gaff sail.
GALLEY - The kitchen area of a boat.
GANGWAY - The area of a ship's side where people board and disembark.
GEAR - A general term for ropes, blocks, tackle and other equipment.
In the middle of the 17th century the gaff sail was developed from the spritsail. It was successfully employed on small sailing boats, cutters, schooners, sloops and on the jigger mast of great sailing ships - the barques and barquentines.
balance reef - In gaff sails a hand with reef points or eyelet holes for lacing, sewn from the throat to the clew. The reef is taken in by lowering the jaws down to the boom and lacing the sail along the reef band to the boom.
PEAK- Outer end of the gaff -upper aft corner of a gaff sail
Halyards: - lines used to haul up the sail and the wooden poles (boom and gaff) that hold the sails in place.
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GAFF : A spar to support the head of a gaff sail.
GAFF RIG : Four-sided mainsail defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast.
A BRIG is a vessel with two square-rigged masts. On the aft mast there is also a gaff sail often called the spanker.
A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had multiple masts and a square rig.
The gaff sail itself is slightly more effective off wind than the Bermudan as it presents a flatter area to the breeze and, in addition, the gaff can be fitted with a vang to reduce twist.
A two-masted square rigged vessel. On the aft mast, there is also a gaff sail.
brigands
pirates.
Some also carry a topsail above the uppermost or only spanker, called the gaff sail. A spanker in this situation is often 'soft footed' in that it has no boom to which it is attached at its foot.
a shackle, intended to be secured to another object, such as a padeye. The jaws are fitted over the object, then closed and secured to it with a clevis pin. Jaws are also found in toggles, in the ends of turnbuckles, and in the gaff in a gaff ...
A schooner is a small sea-going fore-and-aft rigged vessel (versus squared rigged), originally with only two masts, carrying one or more topsails. The rig characteristic of a schooner has been defined as consisting essentially of two gaff sails, ...
On the aft mast, there is also a gaff sail.
Brigands: pirates.
Brigantine: A two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged.
Brightwork: Varnished woodwork and/or polished metal.
 See also: Gaff, Sail, Boat, Boom, Mast
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