Posted by Tim Holloway [69.54.28.229] on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 21:41:26 :
In Reply to: Re: Thats a Jib, takes two masts to have a fore sail. posted by gmharris [71.105.36.171] on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 19:45:06 :
In addition to Schooners, there are other 2 masters as well. A Ketch (Taller mast forward, shorter mast foward of the steering gear)A Yawl, (Taller mast forward, shorter mast aft of the steering gear) Brig, both masts with square rigged sails, aft (Main) mast taller. Brigantine, Mainmast with "fore and aft sails, Foremast with square rigged sails. There are other obscure ones, but thats the bulk of them.
By the way, there were Schooners with as many as 7 masts. The masts were named after the days of the week!
Tim