Rig (sailing)

A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging.^[1] Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc.^[2] A rig may be broadly categorized as "fore-and-aft", "square", or a combination of both. Within the fore-and-aft category there is a variety of triangular and quadrilateral sail shapes. Spars or battens may be used to help shape a given kind of sail. Each rig may be described with a sail plan—formally, a drawing of a vessel, viewed from the side.

Modern examples of single-person sailing craft, such as windsurfers, iceboats, and land-sailing craft, typically have uncomplicated rigs with a single sail on a mast with a boom.

^ "Rig". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-15. the distinctive shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts of a ship or to fit out with rigging
^ Kemp, Dixon (1882). A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. H. Cox. p. 559.

[M-W-1] "Rig". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-15. the distinctive shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts of a ship or to fit out with rigging

[2] Kemp, Dixon (1882). A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing. H. Cox. p. 559.

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