10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORE AND AFT RIG»
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Fore and Aft - The Story of the
Fore and Aft Rig fr
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
E. Keble Chatterton, 2008
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Fore and Aft: The story of the
fore and aft rig
The story of the fore and aft rig Edward K. Chatterton. III. IV. VI. VII. VIII.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE Oman: OF THE Funn'nxn'Ar'r RIG ORIGIN OF
THE Foaz-axn-Am RIG IN NORTHERN EUROPE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
...
Edward K. Chatterton, 2014
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The History of the
Rig: From the Earliest Times Until the ...
CHAPTER VI THE INFLUENCE OF HOLLAND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
FORE-AND-AFT RIG -Li fore-and-aft rig in Holland, as well as the introduction of
the first fore-and-afters, or at any rate of the first fore-and-aft yachts into England ...
Edward K. Chatterton, 2010
It was a long time before the lateen sail was converted into the present familiar
fore and aft rig and it is interesting to note that the first fore and aft sails on square
-rigged ships were lateen sails. The Victory, Admiral Nelson's famous flagship, ...
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Rigging: Period
Fore-
and-
aft Craft
... whose swimming is like flying, and resembles more a natural function than the
handling of man-invented appliances. The fore- and-aft rig in its simplicity and the
beauty of its aspect under every angle of vision is, I believe, unapproachable.
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Sailing Rigs: An Illustrated Guide
Initially square-rigged the type evolved into a fully fore-and-aft rig although some
ketches did still carry square main topsails into the very last days of commercial
sail. In British and Baltic waters the commercial ketch became, almost exclusively
...
These were referred as the fore-and-aft rig or schooner rig. These were smaller
ships and more manoeuvrable in all winds along the coast than the square
rigged. When does your story start, at what time in history?” “I want to start it at the
time ...
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Scourge of the Seas: Buccaneers, Pirates
and Privateers
Whatever the term 'brigantine' had meant before 1 690, by the start of the golden
age of piracy it had come to mean a square -sailed rig on a foremast, and a fore-
and-aft rig and square-sail rig combined on the mainmast. The term was ...
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Masterpieces of Mystery: Vol. I - Ghost Stories
The only man available with a knowledge of the fore-and-aft rig was Stewart
McCord, the second engineer. A seaman by the name of Björnsen was sent with
him. McCord arrived this noon, after a very heavy voyage of five days, reporting
that ...
Joseph Lewis French, 2010
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
Sailing vessels cannot head straight into the wind, and square-rigged ships, in
particular, did not do well to windward. Most could not sail any closer than at a 70
degree angle to the direction of the wind. With her fore-and-aft rig, the Providence
...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORE AND AFT RIG»
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fore and aft rig is used in the context of the following news items.
L'Hydropere.ch embarks on her record breaking quest
... footing for the fore and aft rig loads. The floats have seaplane-style stepped hulls as we saw on Yves Parlier'sMediatis Region Aquitaine cat, ... «Daily Sail, Jun 11»
