Slab sail

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The rig of a full ship with a description of the associated sails and masts

A slab sail is a sail that is attached to a yard in the slab rig . Due to the possibility of dividing the topsail and top sails, depending on the type of division, the top or bottom sail can be attached to the mast in the third or fourth position from the bottom.

Due to the increase in the area of ​​the sails during the development of shipbuilding and the easier handling of smaller sails, the slab sails, like the topsail , were often divided on merchant ships in the late 19th century. If there is such a division, one speaks of upper and lower sails . Since there can be several masts on ships , the name of the mast is placed in front of the sail name to distinguish the sails. This is how terms such as: large underbram sails , cross upper bram sails , etc.

See also

literature

  • Friedrich Middendorf: masting and rigging the ships . Salzwasser-Verlag, Bremen 2009, ISBN 978-3-941842-00-7 (reprint of the Amsterdam 1903 edition).