Square sail
A square sail hung from a yard on the mast. Best used when sailing downwind.
SSB
Single sideband radio. A type of radio used on a boat to transmit for long distances.
Square sails are set on the jib-mast and main-mast. In addition a square sail is set below the bowsprit, the so called 'blinde'. On the mizzen-mast a lateen sail is set.
Square sails also have tacks and sheets, although they are not a part of the sail itself ....
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Glossary of nautical terms ...
SQUARE SAIL-A rectangular sail attached to a spar suspended at the middle from a mast.
SWELL-The waves that continue after the wind that created them has changed in direction or vanished.
Square sail set above the main sail on the top mast.
Topmast
{Mastelero} ...
The primitive square sail of antiquity embodies the same principle as that governing the motion through the water of the modem full-rigged ship, which is admirably adapted for efficient beating to windward, or sailing against the wind.
In yachts with square sails - the spar on which the sail is suspended.
Yawl
A two-masted sailboat.
skysail - A square sail set above the royals.
sky scraper - A triangular sail set above the skysail. Never used now.
Sky Pilot - A term applied by sailors to chaplains.
Foresail - lowest square sail on the foremast
Forestay - Wire, sometimes rod, support for the mast, running from the bowsprit or foredeck to a point at or near the top of the mast.
Foretriangle The triangle formed by the forestay, mast, and fore deck.
A spar from which a square sail is hung./font
Yaw
To swing off course; caused by the action of waves or bad steering.
Clew - The lower aft corner of a fore and aft sail, both lower corners of a spinnaker, and the lower corners of a square sail
Clew Outhaul - The tackle used to adjust the clew in and out on the boom.
The outer planking on a vessel skipper Same as captain skysail A square sail hung from crosstree on a gaff-rigged ship, on the fifth tier of sail above the deck, ...
BARK, BARQUE A three-masted vessel having square sails on fore and main masts, and a spanker on the mizzen. BATTEN DOWN Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck. BEAM The greatest width of the boat.
Mainsail - The lowest square sail on the mainmast.
Marline - A light twine size line which has been tarred.
Marline Selling - A tool for opening the strands of a rope while splicing.
-the lowest square sail on the mainmast.
Marlinspike - A tool for opening the strands of a rope while splicing
Mast: - a large wooden pole used to hold up the sails ...
YARD A term applied to a spar attached at its middle portion to a mast and running athwartship across a vessel as a support for a square sail, signal halyards, lights, etc. YARDARM A term applied to the outer end of a yard.
Yard, Yards, Yardarm: A wooden spar, comparatively long and slender, slung at its centre from, and forward of, a mast and serving to support and extend a square sail which is bent to it.
"Squareriggers" and Viking longboats tend to have square sails. Most modern boats are rigged with sails that are closer in shape to triangles because they are easier to handle and more efficient.
Snow:The largest type of two-masted sailing vessel of the era, the snow, carried square sails on both masts, ...
A sheet is a rope line which controls the tension on the downwind side of a square sail. If, on a three masted fully rigged ship, the sheets of the three lower course sails are loose, the sails will flap and flutter and are said to be "in the wind".
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.
Course 1) The direction a vessel steers to, 2) the square sail set from a lower yard.
Cradle The frame erected round and under a vessel to support her out of the water.
Cringle Rope round a thimble, worked into a sail.
Bunt:
(1) The middle part of a square sail.
(2) The line(s) attached to the middle of the foot of the sail used to haul the bunt up to the center of the yard.
Bunting:
Thin cloth of woven wool in various colors used to make flags.
A spar attached to the mast and used to hoist square sails.
yard arm
The end of a yard.
yardarm - The horizontal booms which hold the square sails out crosswise from the foremast ...
A TOP SAIL SCHOONER a variation on the schooner, with square sails at the top of the foremast.
Yard: A wooden spar, comparatively long and slender, slung at its centre from, and forward of, a mast and serving to support and extend a square sail which is bent to it. _______________________________
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A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships; used to support the top of a square sail. (back)
yawl ...
barquentine barketeen-3 Masted with Sq rigged on fore mast only with the main and mizen being fore and aft rigged .It was used for coastal shipping of it's ability to go into the wind with the fore-aft sails, but still has the square sails to catch ...
Foresail: The lowest square sail on the most forward mast
Forestay: The wiring that supports the mast and keeps it from falling backwards. Leads from masthead to bowsprit or foredeck.
These huge vessels carried three masts, with square sails, and on the main mast a topsail, which the corn ships from Alexandria alone were allowed to keep set when coming into the Italian port.
to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard lowering the lower aft corner of a sail.
Clew Down - to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines.
Clew Up - to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.
 See also: Aft, Sailing, Mast, Forward, Fore
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