ELEMENTS OF RiG DESiGN
All rig designs, whether old or modern, incorporate one or more masts and one or more sails. Other spars (poles) in the rig might include booms, which extend the foot of a sail, yards, which support square sails from a mast, and bowsprits, which support a sail beyond the bow.
GAff CUTTER
This rig has a long bowsprit, two foresails, a large gaff mainsail, and may have a topsail.
GAFF KETCH
A similar rig to the cutter, the gaff ketch has a small mizzen mast and sail forward of the rudder head.
GAFF SCHOONER
A schooner is rigged with fore and aft sails on two or more masts. The rig may include topsails.
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