Fore-and-aft rig

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A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are also described as fore-and-aft rigged.

Fore-and-aft rigged sails include:

• Staysails
• Bermuda rigged sails
• Gaff rigged sails
• Gaff sails
• Lateen sails
• The spanker on a square rig

Fore-and-aft rigs include:

• Single masted rigs:
  • The catboat
  • The sloop
  • The cutter
• Two masted rigs:
  • The brig
  • The ketch
  • The yawl
• Rigs with two or more masts:
  • The schooner
• Rigs with three or more masts:
  • The barquentine

[edit] Other meanings

"Fore and Aft Rig" is a nickname for a kind of Royal Navy uniform with a conventional jacket, shirt and tie rather than jumper and bellbottoms (known as square rig).

[edit] See also

• Fore-and-aft

Types of sailing vessels and rigs

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