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If anyone ever asks you about sails (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] grue 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I found this pic informative:

It's also interesting how they were naming things after James Bond movies all the way back in the Age of Sail!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of a "gallant," just a "top gallant" (usually "t'gallant," sometimes "gans'l"). I've sailed on ships with split t'gallants, though. I did sail on one ship with a skys'l, never a moonraker; I suspect those are both terms for "a sail above the royal".

[–] grue 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Username checks out!

I've never sailed on so much as a sloop. 😢 I've been eyeing $800 Hobie Cats on Craigslist, but I'd have nowhere to put it even if I bought one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Other people's boats are always the best to sail on ;)

[–] grue 1 points 5 months ago

The only trouble with that is I want to be in charge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why isn't the topsail at the top?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Just a quick WAG: at one point it was the topmost sail, and then someone was like “what if we put another sail on top of that one so we can go seven speed?”

The next sail on top became the Gallant, and so forth, apparently topping out the tech with a Moonraker.