Fore-and-aft rig - Citizendia

A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Sailing is the art of controlling a Sailing vessel. By changing the Rigging, Rudder and dagger or centre board a Sailor manages the force Rigging (from Anglo-Saxon wrigan or wringing, "to clothe" is on Sailboats and Sailing ships the collection of A sail is any type of surface intended to generate Thrust by being placed in a Wind &mdashin essence a vertically-oriented Wing. In boats and ships keel can refer to either of two parts a structural element or a hydrodynamic element Such sails are described as fore-and-aft rigged. A sail is any type of surface intended to generate Thrust by being placed in a Wind &mdashin essence a vertically-oriented Wing.

Fore-and-aft rigged sails include Staysails, Bermuda rigged sails, Gaff rigged sails, Gaff sails, Gunter rig, Lateen sails, Lugsails and the spanker sail on a square rig. A staysail is a fore-and-aft rigged Sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards from a The term Bermuda rig refers to a configuration of mast and Rigging for a type of Sailboat and is also known as a Marconi rig; this is the typical Gaff rig is a Sailing rig (configuration of sails in which the Sail is four-cornered Fore-and-aft rigged controlled at its peak and usually A spanker is either of two kinds of Sail. On a Square rigged ship the spanker is a Gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft In Sailing, a gunter is used for two main configurations of rig The gunter is defined as a wire that leads from one point near the end of a gaff A lateen (from a la trina, meaning triangular or latin-rig is a triangular Sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast A lugger is a type of small Sailing vessel setting lugsails on two or more masts and perhaps lug Topsails. A spanker is either of two kinds of Sail. On a Square rigged ship the spanker is a Gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal Spars which are perpendicular or square

Fore-and-aft rigs include:

Rigs with one mast: the catboat, the sloop, the cutter
Rigs with two masts: the brig, the ketch, the yawl
Rigs with two or more masts, such as the schooner
Rigs with three or more masts, such as the barquentine

Uniform

"Fore and Aft Rig" is a nickname for a kind of Royal Navy uniform with a conventional jacket, shirt and tie and peaked cap rather than jumper, bell bottom trousers and round hat (known as square rig). The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical or near vertical Spar, or arrangement of Spars which supports the Sails Large ships have several masts A catboat (alternate spelling cat boat or a cat-rigged Sailboat, is a Sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward ( For the military definition of sloop see Sloop-of-war. For the open learning project see SLOOP Project. When used in a nautical sense a cutter is a small single-masted vessel Fore-and-aft rigged with two or more Headsails a Bowsprit, and In nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts A ketch is a Sailing Craft with two masts: a main mast and a shorter Mizzen mast abaft (rearward of the main mast YAWL (Yet Another Workflow Language is a Workflow language based on the Workflow patterns. A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the Description A barquentine (also spelled barkentine) is a Sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a Square rigged The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) A uniform is a set of standard Clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity A peaked cap, forage cap or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces of many nations and also by many uniformed civilian organizations such as Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal Spars which are perpendicular or square Fore and Aft Rig is worn by all officers, warrant officers, chief petty officers and petty officers. An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority A Warrant Officer ( WO) is a member of a military organization holding one of a specific group of ranks. Chief Petty Officer is a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many naval services and coast guards. A Petty Officer is a noncommissioned officer or equivalent in many navies. It was once also worn by junior ratings who did not belong to seaman or engine room branches (e. g. artificer apprentices, medical personnel, administrative personnel, cooks, stewards etc), although they too have now worn square rig for many years. See also Seafarer's professions and ranks A Chief Steward is the senior unlicensed crew member working in the Steward's Department of a ship