square rigged - A sailboat having square sails hung across the mast.
SSB - Single sideband radio. A type of radio used on a boat to transmit for long distances.
stability sail - A vertical pole on which flags can be raised.
square rigged - Ships rigged with square sails that are hung laterally.
Square rigged vessels are much less common, and are usually large ships. Nevertheless, they too have sheets on the moveable corners of their square sails.
On a square rigged vessel, it is the lowest and largest sail on the main mast.
A two-masted square rigged vessel. On the aft mast, there is also a gaff sail.
brigands
pirates.
Braces:
On square rigged ships, lines or cables attached to the ends of each yard; these are used to pivot (brace) the yards around the mast at different angles to the fore:and:aft line of the ship to make the most of the wind..
Bibbs - Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast of a square rigged ship to support the trestle trees.
Bible - see Holystone
Bight - (1) The part of a line between the ends. (2) A loop in a line.
Barque: Sailing vessel with three or more masts: fore and aft rigged on aftermast, square rigged on all others.
Barkentine-3 Masted with Sq rigged on fore mast only ...
Square rigged on foremast, fore and aft rigged on the others.
Beachcomber: A sailor who does not want to work that loafs around ports. -To salvage goods found washed up on shores.
Beam: The widest dimension of a boat's hull.
There was miles and miles of cordage in the rigging of a square rigged ship. The only way of keeping track of and knowing the function of all of these lines was to know where they were located. It took an experienced seaman to know the ropes.
Brig: 1. A two masted vessel square rigged on both masts.Generally in the 150 - 200 ton range. 2. A sailing vessel's jail.
A BARQUENTINE (also spelled barkentine) is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts.
The lateen rig has been combined with the square rig to make such a rigging as the xebec - a three-masted vessel square rigged on the main, and lateen on the fore and mizzen. Triangular sails of the does not tend to press the vessel does.
 See also: Sailing, Aft, Mast, Fore, Navigation
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