Anniversary Rig

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Jubilee rig ( English : jubilee rig ; also baldheader , bald-headed rig ( German : Glatzkopf-Rigg); stump-topgallant rig (Bramstumpfrigg), in the United States often poor man's rig (Armen-Mannes-Rigg)) is one Term for a type of sails ( rig ) without top sails .

In Rahseglern has mast only under sail , Mars and topgallants (single or double), no Royalrahen (and no Skyrahen ) at savers only major gaff sail , no topsail. The first five-masted gaff schooner in the USA, the Louis (1888–1907), carried such a rig.

The name "Jubiläumsrigg" received this Besegelungsart because in England for the first time in 1887, in the so-called. Jubilee year (50th throne anniversary ) of the British Queen Victoria , was used. In Germany, however, it was driven earlier (1874). It was widespread in the United States.

Well-known representatives of this rig

  • Five-masted gaff schooner
    • City of Portland (1916-1932)

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