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From: Barry Brazier (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 00:36:35 EDT
Basically the main advantage for more masts is that it spits the sail area into more manageable sizes. It was important in the old days when sails were not synthetic and large the stretch out of shape.
But these days with modern materials and roller reefing and furling There is no need for boats under 50 foot even for short handed sailing.
The disadvantage is that each sail will interfere with the air flow over the others. so that a rig with many sails is not
efficient hard on the wind or running. A two or three master will sail OK on a reach. Although "they" gentlemen (women) only sail down wind it is not true even long distance sailing "with the wind" ends up being on the wind 30% of the time.
more masts look nice.
barry
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Batchelor
To: World Cruising
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:39 PM
Subject: [world-cruising] Sloop, Ketch, Yawl, Cutter, Gaff, Staysail
I know the definitions of these basic types of rigging, that a Yawl
has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post, while a Ketch has the
mizzen forward of the rudder. I know that a cutter rig has an extra
headsail, and that a staysail might be flown between the main and
mizzen masts. I know gaff-rigged vessels look classy. :) But I am a
beginner who has only sailed sloops, and have no idea why I would want
to use these extra sails, or what advantages and disadvantages each
layout has relative to the others. Searching on Google has been
especially frustrating because these are fairly common terms on any
sailing site, but I can't find a page or a site that just talks about
the rigging, and why one might prefer one layout over another, or how
they perform to weather, etc. etc. I mean, obviously more sails means
you can go faster in lighter wind, but beyond that... I don't know.
Got any clues for me? Can you show me a site that explains this
stuff?
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