10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUARE-RIGGED»
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square-rigged in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
square-rigged and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Square-
Rigged Ships: An Introduction
Ships & shipping: general interest.
2
Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World
Square-rigged ships are distinguished by the number of masts and by the way in
which the yards are distributed. The 3-masted full-rigged ship or full-rigged ship
became the classic form. On this type of ship all three masts are "fully" rigged; ...
3
Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The Story of the
Square Rigged ...
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Frederick William Wallace, 2013
4
Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organisation, 1793-1815
Even the small brigs, of less than 200 tons, were square rigged with two masts.
Ship rig, with three square-rigged masts, was used for all major naval vessels,
from about 400 tons upwards. The dividing line was set by the Cruiser class of
382 ...
5
The Pirate Ship 1660-1730
A 'brigantine' was a two-mast vessel with a square-rigged foresail, a fore-and-aft
rigged mainsail, and square-rigged topsails on both masts. In addition she
carried jib sheets attached to her bowsprit. A variant of the brigantine was the '
brig', ...
6
The Discovery of the Sea
This allowed several possible combinations of sails: four masts with one square-
rigged, three lateen, or two square and two lateen; or three masts, with one or two
square- rigged. Sometimes a two-masted caravel might cross the yard on the ...
A ship is square-rigged throughout ; that is, she has tops, and carries square sails
on all three of her masts. Bark. — A bark is square-rigged at her fore and main
masts, and differs from a ship in having no top, and carrying only fore-and-aft ...
8
The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship
A ship is square.rigged throughout; that is, she has tops, and carried square sails
on all three of her masts. Banana bark is square.rigged at her fore and main
masts, and differs from a ship in having no top, and carrying oaly fore.and.alt sails
at ...
9
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
N.\TlO\'S. St||P.—A ship is square-rigged throughout; that is, she has tops, and
carries square sails on all three of her masts. BA|u<.—A bark is square-rigged at
her fore and main masts, and differs from a ship in having no top, and carrying
only ...
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., 2009
10
The Art and Archaeology of Venetian Ships and Boats
Figure 67: Single-masted, square-rigged merchant ship (Type Hid). [Other folios:
Four construction plans of single-masted, lateen-rigged merchant ships (Type
mar; framing details; single-masted, square-rigged merchant ship (Type IIle).
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUARE-RIGGED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
square-rigged is used in the context of the following news items.
Tall ships sail into Maine for boatbuilding celebration
Maine also boasts the distinction of having built more schooners, square-rigged ships and other sailing vessels than any other part of the country through the ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
Maine students learn the ropes of the 'wind machines'
Davenport was among eight high school students from Maine to join the crew of the square-rigged Picton Castle, a 179-foot former fishing trawler. Several other ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
How tall can you build with wood? Consider this 1250-foot 'plyscraper'
... came to mean a steel-and-concrete office tower (as opposed to a mast-topping sail on a square-rigged ship; Ian Fleming fans, see also “moonraker.”). «MinnPost, Jul 15»
'Outlander' Postmortem: Showrunner Ronald D. Moore on Tackling …
It wasn't easy, because it is a real, three-masted, square-rigged ship, and when they took it out, most of the crew couldn't go. I couldn't go, virtually nobody went. «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
Star Clippers To Build The World's Biggest Square Rigger
The new ship will technically be a five-masted, square-rigged barque. While the company's flagship ROYAL CLIPPER is modeled on the legendary German ... «MarineLink, May 15»
Star Clippers is building fourth tall ship to join its fleet
It will be a five-masted square-rigged barque, and a near-replica of France II, which was commissioned in 1911 and was the largest square rigger ever built. «Express.co.uk, May 15»
World's largest tall ship being built by Star Clippers
... has begun construction on what will be the largest square-rigged sailing ship in ... 227 passengers and is currently the largest square-rigged passenger ship. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Memories and Murals From Surf Villa at Jonathan Law's Gallery
By 1925 he was third officer and radio operator aboard the SS Cape Norte, a square-rigged sailing ship. He rounded the dangerous Cape Horn 22 times and ... «The SandPaper, May 15»
The Physics of Sailing: How Does a Sailboat Move Upwind?
The large square-rigged boats popular in the 18th and 19th centuries (the classic pirate ship, for instance) were also most effective on a downwind sail. Modern ... «PhysicsCentral.com, May 15»
1877 tall ship Elissa announces seamanship training dates
Those who participate will have the opportunity to learn ancient skills and techniques on maintaining a square-rigged sailing ship. Volunteers may learn to climb ... «Your Houston News, Jul 14»
