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searchaux" style="display:none">Sailing rig configuration</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg/240px-Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg/360px-Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg/480px-Reliance_Crossing_Finish_Line.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2850" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Reliance_(yacht)" title="Reliance (yacht)">Reliance</a>, a competitor in the 1903 <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Cup" title="America's Cup">America's Cup</a> and the largest gaff rigged cutter ever built</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaff_rig_spars.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gaff_rig_spars.jpg/220px-Gaff_rig_spars.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gaff_rig_spars.jpg/330px-Gaff_rig_spars.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gaff_rig_spars.jpg/440px-Gaff_rig_spars.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1701" data-file-height="1417" /></a><figcaption>A gaff rigged sail and its surrounding spars</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg/220px-Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg/330px-Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg/440px-Gaff-sail-rigging-parts-nr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Gaff sail - ①Mast ②Gaff ③Peak ④Throat ⑤Boom ⑥Clew ⑦Tack ⑧Saddle ⑨Parrel ⑩Sall ⑪Bridle ⑫Peak Halyard ⑬Throat Halyard</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Gaff rig</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Sailing" title="Sailing">sailing</a> rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the <a href="/wiki/Sail" title="Sail">sail</a> is four-cornered, <a href="/wiki/Fore-and-aft_rig" title="Fore-and-aft rig">fore-and-aft rigged</a>, controlled at its <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Triangular" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">peak</a> and, usually, its entire <a href="/wiki/Sail_components#Shape" title="Sail components">head</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Spar_(sailing)" title="Spar (sailing)">spar</a> (pole) called the <i>gaff</i>. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running <a href="/wiki/Backstay" title="Backstay">backstays</a> rather than permanent backstays. </p><p>The gaff enables a fore-and-aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular. A gaff rig typically carries 25 percent more sail than an equivalent <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_rig" title="Bermuda rig">Bermuda rig</a> for a given hull design.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A sail hoisted from a gaff is called a <b>gaff-rigged</b> (or, less commonly, <b>gaff rigged</b> or <b>gaffrigged</b>) <b>sail</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaff_rig&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gaff rig remains the most popular <a href="/wiki/Fore-And-Aft_Sail" class="mw-redirect" title="Fore-And-Aft Sail">fore-aft rig</a> for <a href="/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barquentine" title="Barquentine">barquentine</a> mainsails<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and other <a href="/wiki/Course_(sail)" title="Course (sail)">course sails</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Spanker_(sail)" title="Spanker (sail)">spanker</a> sails on a <a href="/wiki/Square_rig" title="Square rig">square rigged</a> vessel are always gaff rigged. On other rigs, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Sloop" title="Sloop">sloop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ketch" title="Ketch">ketch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yawl" title="Yawl">yawl</a>, gaff rigged sails were once common but have now been largely replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_rig" title="Bermuda rig">Bermuda rig</a> sail,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, in addition to being simpler than the gaff rig, usually allows vessels to sail closer to the direction from which the wind is blowing (i.e. "closer to the wind").<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The gaff is hoisted by two <a href="/wiki/Halyard" title="Halyard">halyards</a>: </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mainsail-edges.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mainsail-edges.png/200px-Mainsail-edges.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Mainsail-edges.png/300px-Mainsail-edges.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Mainsail-edges.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="297" /></a><figcaption>Halyards (and edges) on a gaff rigged sail</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Throat_halyard" title="Throat halyard">throat halyard</a></i> hoists the throat of the sail (the end closer to the mast) at the forward end of the gaff and bears the main weight of the sail and the tension of the <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Edges" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">luff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Leather2001_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leather2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Peak_halyard" title="Peak halyard">peak halyard</a></i> lifts the aft end of the gaff and bears the <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Edges" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">leech</a> tension. Small craft attach the peak halyard to the gaff with a wire span with eyes at both ends looped around the gaff and held in place with small wooden chocks, larger craft have more than one span. Peak halyards pull upwards, approaching the gaff at right angles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeather200133_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeather200133-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="gaff rigged schooner with broken foretopmast" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg/220px-Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg/330px-Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg/440px-Rose_Dorothea-1907-broke_topmast_racing-won_Lipton_Cup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3473" data-file-height="2767" /></a><figcaption>The gaff-rigged schooner <i>Rose Dorothea</i> won the 1907 Lipton's Cup, despite a broken foretopmast (pictured)</figcaption></figure> <p>Additionally, a <a href="/wiki/Gaff_vang" title="Gaff vang">gaff vang</a> may be fitted. It is a line attached to the end of the gaff which prevents the gaff from sagging downwind. Gaff vangs are difficult to rig on the <a href="/wiki/Aft" class="mw-redirect" title="Aft">aft</a>-most sail, so are typically only found on schooners or ketches, and then only on the foresail or mainsail.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A triangular fore-and-aft sail called a jib-headed <a href="/wiki/Topsail" title="Topsail">topsail</a> may be carried between the gaff and the <a href="/wiki/Mast_(sailing)" title="Mast (sailing)">mast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeather200154_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeather200154-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gunter_rig" title="Gunter rig">Gunter-rigged</a> boats are similar, smaller vessels on which a spar (commonly, but incorrectly called the gaff) is raised until it is nearly vertical, parallel to the mast and close adjacent to it. Topsails are never carried on gunter rigs. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Spritsail" title="Spritsail">spritsail</a> is another rig with a four-sided <a href="/wiki/Fore-And-Aft_Sail" class="mw-redirect" title="Fore-And-Aft Sail">fore-aft sail</a>. Unlike the gaff rig where the <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Corners" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">head</a> hangs from a spar along its edge, this rig supports the <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Edges" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">leech</a> of the sail by means of a spar named a <i>sprit</i>. The forward end of the sprit is attached to the <a href="/wiki/Mast_(sailing)" title="Mast (sailing)">mast</a> but bisects the face of the sail, with the after end of the sprit attaching to the <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Triangular" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">peak</a> and/or the <a href="/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#Corners" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts of a sail">clew</a> of the sail. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sailing_characteristics_(small_craft)"><span id="Sailing_characteristics_.28small_craft.29"></span>Sailing characteristics (small craft)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaff_rig&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sailing characteristics (small craft)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a given sail area a gaff rig has a shorter mast than a <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_rig" title="Bermuda rig">Bermudan rig</a>. In short-ended craft with full body, heavy displacement and moderate <a href="/wiki/Ballast" title="Ballast">ballast</a> ratio, it is difficult to set enough sail area in the Bermudan rig without a mast of excessive height and a <a href="/wiki/Forces_on_sails#Centre_of_effort" title="Forces on sails">centre of effort (CE)</a> too high for the limited <a href="/wiki/Ship_stability" title="Ship stability">stability</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Hull_(watercraft)" title="Hull (watercraft)">hull</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhilips-Birt195447–48_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhilips-Birt195447–48-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of its low <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio" title="Aspect ratio">aspect ratio</a>, the gaff rig is less prone to <a href="/wiki/Stall_(fluid_dynamics)" title="Stall (fluid dynamics)">stalling</a> if oversheeted than something taller and narrower.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECunliffe199215_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECunliffe199215-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reaching_with_gaff_sails">Reaching with gaff sails</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaff_rig&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reaching with gaff sails"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whilst <a href="/wiki/Reaching_(sailing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reaching (sailing)">reaching</a>, the CE being set further back, will encourage a small craft to bear up into the wind, i.e. strong <a href="/wiki/Weather_helm" title="Weather helm">weather helm</a>. The boat builder can compensate for this at design stage, e.g. by shifting the keel slightly aft, or having two jibs to counter the effect. The gaff-cutter is in fact a very popular <a href="/wiki/Sailplan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sailplan">sailplan</a> for small craft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The helmsman can reduce weather helm significantly, simply by sheeting out the mainsail. Sheeting out may appear to create an inefficient belly in the sail, but it is often a pragmatic alternative to having a heavy helm. A swing keel lifted halfway is the perfect treatment for weather helm on a gaffer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The usual adjustments to mast rake, or even bowsprit length may be made to a gaffer with persistent heavy weather (or lee) helm. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Running_with_gaff_sails">Running with gaff sails</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaff_rig&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Running with gaff sails"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On a gaff-rigged vessel, any heading where the wind is within 20 degrees of dead aft is considered a <a href="/wiki/Running_(sailing)#Running_downwind" class="mw-redirect" title="Running (sailing)">run</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECunliffe1992118_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECunliffe1992118-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Points_of_sail#Running_downwind" class="mw-redirect" title="Points of sail">running</a> with a gaff rig, the CE of the mainsail may actually be overboard of the hull, in a stiff wind the craft may want to <a href="/wiki/Broach_(nautical)" title="Broach (nautical)">broach</a>. Running goose winged with a balloon staysail poled out to windward will balance the CE; Nick Skeates circumnavigated <i>Wylo II</i> with this configuration.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECunliffe1992120_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECunliffe1992120-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In light winds, or when racing, a <a href="/wiki/Watersail" title="Watersail">watersail</a> may also be set. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gaffers_Day">Gaffers Day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaff_rig&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gaffers Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1972, the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Amateur_Sailing_Club" title="Sydney Amateur Sailing Club">Sydney Amateur Sailing Club</a> has regularly hosted a Gaffers Day for any classic sailing boat that can "hoist a spar". Up to 90 vessels from around Australia take part in sailing on Sydney Harbour in a practical demonstration of the skills and technology used in the nautical past.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaff_rig&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J%26ERiggin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gaff rigged schooner J. & E. Riggin. Her sails, from left to right, are: jib, staysail, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main gaff topsail"><img alt="Gaff rigged schooner J. & E. Riggin. Her sails, from left to right, are: jib, staysail, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main gaff topsail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/J%26ERiggin.jpg/120px-J%26ERiggin.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/J%26ERiggin.jpg/180px-J%26ERiggin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/J%26ERiggin.jpg/240px-J%26ERiggin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="775" data-file-height="722" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gaff rigged schooner <i><a href="/wiki/J._%26_E._Riggin_(schooner)" title="J. & E. Riggin (schooner)">J. & E. Riggin</a></i>. Her sails, from left to right, are: <a href="/wiki/Jib" title="Jib">jib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Staysail" title="Staysail">staysail</a>, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main <a href="/wiki/Topsail" title="Topsail">gaff topsail</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gaff rigged Cutter Partridge 1885"><img alt="Gaff rigged Cutter Partridge 1885" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg/120px-Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg/180px-Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg/240px-Partridge_1885_-_Sails.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gaff rigged Cutter <a href="/wiki/Partridge_1885" title="Partridge 1885">Partridge 1885</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gaff rigged ketch, Astrid, off Helsinki, Finland"><img alt="Gaff rigged ketch, Astrid, off Helsinki, Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg/120px-18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg/180px-18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg/240px-18-04-20_ASTRID_-_MMSI_230998670_11-06-10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3476" data-file-height="2327" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gaff rigged ketch, <i>Astrid</i>, off Helsinki, Finland</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A near-vertical gaff allows this Gunter-rigged boat to carry a triangular sail that is similar to the Bermuda rig"><img alt="A near-vertical gaff allows this Gunter-rigged boat to carry a triangular sail that is similar to the Bermuda rig" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg/120px-Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg/180px-Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg/240px-Bermudianised_Gaff_Rig.jpg 2x" data-file-width="869" data-file-height="648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A near-vertical gaff allows this <a href="/wiki/Gunter_rig" title="Gunter rig">Gunter</a>-rigged boat to carry a triangular sail that is similar to the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_rig" title="Bermuda rig">Bermuda rig</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gaffelaar, by Johannes Christiaan Schotel, depicting both gaff and square-rigged boats"><img alt="Gaffelaar, by Johannes Christiaan Schotel, depicting both gaff and square-rigged boats" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg/120px-Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg/180px-Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg/240px-Schotel_Gaffelaar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Gaffelaar</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Christiaan_Schotel" title="Johannes Christiaan Schotel">Johannes Christiaan Schotel</a>, depicting both gaff and square-rigged boats</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carmita, racing cutter"><img alt="Carmita, racing cutter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg/120px-Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg/180px-Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg/240px-Sloop_Carmita-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="3105" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Carmita</i>, racing <a href="/wiki/Cutter_(boat)" title="Cutter (boat)">cutter</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Ames.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Governor Ames, five-masted schooner"><img alt="Governor Ames, five-masted schooner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Governor_Ames.jpg/120px-Governor_Ames.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Governor_Ames.jpg/180px-Governor_Ames.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Governor_Ames.jpg/240px-Governor_Ames.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1418" data-file-height="1003" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Governor_Ames" title="Governor Ames">Governor Ames</a></i>, five-masted <a href="/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooner</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The schooner Rose Dorothea in 1907"><img alt="The schooner Rose Dorothea in 1907" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg/120px-Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg/180px-Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg/240px-Rose_Dorothea-Lipton%27s_Cup-1907_Fishermen%27s_Race.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3483" data-file-height="2855" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The schooner <i>Rose Dorothea</i> in 1907</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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title="Staysail">Staysail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trysail" title="Trysail">Trysail</a><sup>*</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Four-sided</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Course_(sail)" title="Course (sail)">Course</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherman%27s_staysail" title="Fisherman's staysail">Fisherman</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foresail" title="Foresail">Foresail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junk_rig" title="Junk rig">Junk sail</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lug_sail" title="Lug sail">Lug sail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainsail" title="Mainsail">Mainsail (square rig)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonraker_(sail)" title="Moonraker (sail)">Moonraker</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringtail_(sail)" title="Ringtail (sail)">Ringtail</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_(sail)" 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spar_(sailing)" title="Spar (sailing)">Spars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On <a href="/wiki/Bow_(watercraft)" title="Bow (watercraft)">bow</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowsprit" title="Bowsprit">Bowsprit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sprit_topmast" title="Sprit topmast">sprit topmast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_striker" title="Dolphin striker">Dolphin striker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackstaff" title="Jackstaff">Jackstaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jibboom" title="Jibboom">Jibboom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican_striker" title="Pelican striker">Pelican striker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">On <a href="/wiki/Mast_(sailing)" title="Mast (sailing)">mast</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boom_(sailing)" title="Boom (sailing)">Boom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomkin" title="Boomkin">Boomkin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truck_(rigging)" title="Truck (rigging)">Truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosstrees" title="Crosstrees">Crosstrees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinnaker_pole" title="Spinnaker pole">Spinnaker pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spreader_(sailboat)" title="Spreader (sailboat)">Spreader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spritsail" title="Spritsail">Sprit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yard_(sailing)" title="Yard (sailing)">Yard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rigging" title="Rigging">Rigging</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Standing_rigging" title="Standing rigging">Standing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobstay" title="Bobstay">Bobstay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazy_jack" title="Lazy jack">Lazy jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Running_backstay" title="Running backstay">Running backstay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shroud_(sailing)" title="Shroud (sailing)">Shroud</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ratlines" title="Ratlines">ratlines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stay_mouse" title="Stay mouse">Stay mouse</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stays_(nautical)" title="Stays (nautical)">Stays</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backstay" title="Backstay">backstay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestay" title="Forestay">forestay</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Running_rigging" title="Running rigging">Running</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boomkicker" title="Boomkicker">Boomkicker</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom_vang" title="Boom vang">Boom vang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brace_(sailing)" title="Brace (sailing)">Braces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clewlines_and_buntlines" title="Clewlines and buntlines">Buntlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunningham_(sailing)" title="Cunningham (sailing)">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clewlines_and_buntlines" title="Clewlines and buntlines">Clewlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downhaul" title="Downhaul">Downhaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_(sailing)" title="Guy (sailing)">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halyard" title="Halyard">Halyard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peak_halyard" title="Peak halyard">peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throat_halyard" title="Throat halyard">throat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outhaul" title="Outhaul">Outhaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preventer" title="Preventer">Preventer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheet_(sailing)" title="Sheet (sailing)">Sheet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tack_(square_sail)" title="Tack (square sail)">Tack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topping_lift" title="Topping lift">Topping lift</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baggywrinkle" title="Baggywrinkle">Baggywrinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belaying_pin" title="Belaying pin">Belaying pin</a><sup>*</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_(sailing)" title="Block (sailing)">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleat_(nautical)" title="Cleat (nautical)">Cleat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bitts" title="Bitts">bitts</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clevis_fastener" title="Clevis fastener">Clevis pin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadeye" title="Deadeye">Deadeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earing" title="Earing">Earing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairlead" title="Fairlead">Fairlead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Footrope" title="Footrope">Footrope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasket_(sailing)" title="Gasket (sailing)">Gasket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parrel_beads" title="Parrel beads">Parrel beads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_bolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ring bolt">Ring bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_furling" title="Roller furling">Roller furling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shackle" title="Shackle">Shackle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swivel" title="Swivel">Swivel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gooseneck_(sailing)" title="Gooseneck (sailing)">gooseneck</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trapeze_(sailing)" title="Trapeze (sailing)">Trapeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechanical_traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanical traveller">Traveller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnbuckle" title="Turnbuckle">Turnbuckle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winch" title="Winch">Winch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Types_of_sailing_vessels_and_rigs89" 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id="Types_of_sailing_vessels_and_rigs89" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Types of <a href="/wiki/Sailing" title="Sailing">sailing</a> vessels and <a href="/wiki/Rigging" title="Rigging">rigs</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overviews</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Sail" title="Age of Sail">Age of Sail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history" title="Maritime history">Maritime history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Discovery" title="Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sailing rigs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_rig" title="Bermuda rig">Bermuda rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_claw_sail" title="Crab claw sail">Crab claw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fore-and-aft_rig" title="Fore-and-aft rig">Fore-and-aft rig</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gaff rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunter_rig" title="Gunter rig">Gunter rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junk_rig" title="Junk rig">Junk rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateen" title="Lateen">Lateen rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ljungstr%C3%B6m_rig" title="Ljungström rig">Ljungström rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lug_sail" title="Lug sail">Lug rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mast_aft_rig" class="mw-redirect" title="Mast aft rig">Mast aft rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinisi" title="Pinisi">Pinisi rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square_rig" title="Square rig">Square rig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanja_sail" title="Tanja sail">Tanja rig</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/Sailing_rigs" class="mw-redirect" title="Sailing rigs">sailing rigs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barque" title="Barque">Barque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barquentine" title="Barquentine">Barquentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brig" title="Brig">Brig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">Brigantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catboat" title="Catboat">Catboat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cutter_(boat)" title="Cutter (boat)">Cutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full-rigged_ship" title="Full-rigged ship">Full-rigged ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackass-barque" title="Jackass-barque">Jackass-barque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketch" title="Ketch">Ketch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistico_(boat)" title="Mistico (boat)">Mistico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">Schooner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sloop" title="Sloop">Sloop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_(ship)" title="Snow (ship)">Snow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yawl" title="Yawl">Yawl</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Multihull" title="Multihull">Multihull</a> vessels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBalia" class="mw-redirect" title="ʻalia">ʻalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amatasi" title="Amatasi">Amatasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baurua" title="Baurua">Baurua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigiw" title="Bigiw">Bigiw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camakau" title="Camakau">Camakau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catamaran" title="Catamaran">Catamaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drua" title="Drua">Drua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilalo" title="Guilalo">Guilalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jukung" title="Jukung">Jukung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaep" title="Kaep">Kaep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalia_(watercraft)" title="Kalia (watercraft)">Kalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakoa" title="Karakoa">Karakoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kora_kora" title="Kora kora">Kora kora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakatoi" title="Lakatoi">Lakatoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanong" title="Lanong">Lanong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outrigger_canoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Outrigger canoe">Outrigger canoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahi_(ship)" title="Pahi (ship)">Pahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraw" title="Paraw">Paraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentamaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentamaran">Pentamaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proa" title="Proa">Proa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadrimaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadrimaran">Quadrimaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takia_(watercraft)" title="Takia (watercraft)">Takia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tepukei" title="Tepukei">Tepukei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipairua" title="Tipairua">Tipairua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongiaki" title="Tongiaki">Tongiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimaran" title="Trimaran">Trimaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungalawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ungalawa">Ungalawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Va%27a-tele" title="Va'a-tele">Va'a-tele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaka_katea" title="Vaka katea">Vaka katea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinta" title="Vinta">Vinta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wa_(watercraft)" title="Wa (watercraft)">Wa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Naval and merchant<br /><a href="/wiki/Sailing_ship" title="Sailing ship">sailing ships</a><br />and other vessels <br />(by origin date)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">Ancient</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balangay" title="Balangay">Balangay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boita" title="Boita">Boita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borobudur_ship" title="Borobudur ship">Borobudur ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">Dhow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_ship" title="Fire ship">Fire ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">Galley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penteconter" title="Penteconter">Penteconter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bireme" title="Bireme">Bireme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trireme" title="Trireme">Trireme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadriremes" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadriremes">Quadriremes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tessarakonteres" title="Tessarakonteres">Tessarakonteres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dromon" title="Dromon">Dromon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junk_(ship)" title="Junk (ship)">Junk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%27un-lun_po" title="K'un-lun po">K'un-lun po</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepa_(ship)" title="Lepa (ship)">Lepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mtepe" title="Mtepe">Mtepe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uru_(boat)" title="Uru (boat)">Uru</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Post-classical_history" title="Post-classical history">Post-classical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balinger" title="Balinger">Balinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benawa" title="Benawa">Benawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birlinn" title="Birlinn">Birlinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomb_vessel" title="Bomb vessel">Bomb vessel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cog_(ship)" title="Cog (ship)">Cog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulk_(medieval_ship_type)" title="Hulk (medieval ship type)">Hulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jong_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jong (ship)">Jong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knarr" title="Knarr">Knarr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koch_(boat)" title="Koch (boat)">Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondura_(ship)" title="Kondura (ship)">Kondura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longship" title="Longship">Longship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malangbang" title="Malangbang">Malangbang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shitik" title="Shitik">Shitik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongkang" title="Tongkang">Tongkang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zabra" title="Zabra">Zabra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">15th c.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrack" title="Carrack">Carrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_treasure_ship" title="Chinese treasure ship">Chinese treasure ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caravel" title="Caravel">Caravel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghurab" title="Ghurab">Ghurab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaran_(ship)" title="Lancaran (ship)">Lancaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoy_(boat)" title="Hoy (boat)">Hoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trabaccolo" title="Trabaccolo">Trabaccolo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">16th c.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crommesteven" title="Crommesteven">Crommesteven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galiot" title="Galiot">Galiot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galleon" title="Galleon">Galleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galleass" title="Galleass">Galleass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghali_(ship)" title="Ghali (ship)">Ghali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flyboat" title="Flyboat">Flyboat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluyt" title="Fluyt">Fluyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full-rigged_pinnace" title="Full-rigged pinnace">Full-rigged pinnace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorcha_(boat)" title="Lorcha (boat)">Lorcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man-of-war" title="Man-of-war">Man-of-war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchua" title="Manchua">Manchua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patache" title="Patache">Patache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speronara" title="Speronara">Speronara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square-rigged_caravel" title="Square-rigged caravel">Square-rigged caravel (<i>round</i> or <i>de armada</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xebec" title="Xebec">Xebec</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">17th c.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_sloop" title="Bermuda sloop">Bermuda sloop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galeas" title="Galeas">Galeas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koff_(ship_type)" title="Koff (ship type)">Koff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pink_(ship)" title="Pink (ship)">Pink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polacca" title="Polacca">Polacca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_of_the_line" title="Ship of the line">Ship of the line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th c.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilander" title="Bilander">Bilander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chialoup" title="Chialoup">Chialoup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clipper" title="Clipper">Clipper</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Clipper" title="Baltimore Clipper">Baltimore Clipper</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallivat" title="Gallivat">Gallivat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garay_(ship)" title="Garay (ship)">Garay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grab_(ship)" title="Grab (ship)">Grab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gundalow" title="Gundalow">Gundalow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lanong" title="Lanong">Lanong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padewakang" title="Padewakang">Padewakang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post_ship" title="Post ship">Post ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy-four_(ship)" title="Seventy-four (ship)">74-gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ship_of_the_line" title="Ship of the line">Ship of the line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloop-of-war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toop_(boat)" title="Toop (boat)">Toop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trincadour" title="Trincadour">Trincadour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th c.</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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