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	Lateen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A lateen (from Latin) is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction.
		The lateen rig is believed to have been in use for at least 2,000 years, and is probably of Arab origin.
		However, the great size of the lateen yard makes it difficult and dangerous to handle on large ships in stormy weather, and by the 18th century the lateen was restricted to the mizzen mast, then by the beginning of the 19th century was supplanted by the driver or spanker.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lateen (284 words)

	The Lateen yard and gaff
		The lateen sail evolved in the Mediterranean, and was adopted in Northern Europe generally at the beginning of the 15th century; in this case it was termed the mizen course.
		In the Mediterranean, where the lateen sail was often the only one carried right to the end of the 19th century, the sail assumed gigantic dimensions and the yard consisted of 2 or 3 spars lashed together with wooldings.
		The mizen lateen sail was retained until the early years of the 18th century when the fore part was removed and the leech lashed to the mast.
	www.all-model.com /wolfram/PAGE23.html (356 words)

	Lateen rigged sailing board - Patent 4466372
		An improved lateen rigged sailing board is disclosed that basically combines a sailing board with a mast mounted thereon which is swivelly mounted to the upper surface of the sailing board, and which is provided with means to prevent the mast from completely falling forward.
		The mast is particularly configured with a wishbone or hoop-like section therein, through which the lateen sail is passed.
		This device, however, is shown in connection with a water borne vessel and does not provide for the removal of the sail gaff and boom, as the boom is below the wishbone, nor is the mast swivelly mounted relative to the vessel itself.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4466372.html (1927 words)

	Bagala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Lateen yard was made of a piece of wood and on larger ships it was made of several pieces tied to each other.
		The latter was belayed from the third upper part of the Lateen yard through a block on the topmast and then down and ended by two-sheaved block joined with sheaves in the bitts.
		The Lateen sail's head under the yard passed into a small weather side, which went under small angle as compared to the head and, consequently, the sail was four-angled one.
	www.grinda.navy.ru /sailship/ship/bahalae.htm (447 words)

	Constructing a Sleeved Lateen Sail
		Lateen sails, polysails, polytarp sails, lateen sails from polytarp, white polytarp sails, lateen sail construction
		Lateen sails can be made easily by simply cutting out a triangular shape that is 1 ½” larger on each edge than the dimensions call for.
		In fact, a boat equipped with a lateen sail attached by grommets to the spars can be expected to outsail a boat equipped with a sleeved and shaped lateen sail in stronger winds.
	members.aol.com /r7dg/lateen.htm (205 words)

	GN Online: Lateen Sails catches Guineas winds
		Lateen Sails took a giant step towards next month's 2,000 Guineas with a solid display in the main Godolphin trial for colts at Nad Al Sheba yesterday evening.
		Lateen Sails and New South Wales, who won a Group 3 for John Oxx in Ireland, hold prominent positions in the Derby market.
		Lateen Sails looked like he will benefit from the experience as he ran on strongly from the back of the nine-horse field to take the lead inside the final furlong and win in a time of one minute 38.17 seconds.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=83250 (722 words)

	Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: Chapter 8
		As late as the forties and fifties examples of fair sized three-master lateens were still common-in the beautiful bragagna of Dalmatia (a true felucca, or rather settee in build and rig), in the brigantine shown off Torre di Rio, and in the peculiarly rigged velocera, which are both from sketches by my father.
		Its shape enables it to stand inside the rigging of the mast, and not outside at the extreme masthead as is necessary in the case of the Arab gaiassa, as a result of the cut of the sail and its high peak.
		The western lateen is thus far more snug to the mast, and more easily lowered on deck, and is certainly a more seamanlike and weatherly sail, while it is always made of stout material cut and roped after the European style.
	www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/smyth/mast_n_sail_08.html (6659 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Dhow of Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the water, a dhow is distinguished by its lateen sail, whose upper edge is lashed to the obliquely slung yard, which is in turn attached high on the mast by a massive rope parrel.
		Whoever [its] inventors were, the lateen was a momentous idea, for it was the earliest sail that enabled men to beat against the wind.
		The Mediterranean lateen is a complete triangle, but the Arab lateen is not: Its forward corner is cut off, leaving a short unsupported vertical edge,...
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199903/the.dhow.of.racing.htm (3320 words)

	Rigging Your Canoe for Sail
		The lateen rig is a sturdy, high performance, yet simple canoe sailing rig.
		lateen rig should be 2" in diameter where it passes through the mast seat or thwart.
		lateen sail, the leeboard should be 8" to 9" wide and have at least 30" of the board in the water.
	www.cedarislandcanoes.com /WCHA-Sailing/rigging.html (774 words)

	Lateen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, the lateen survived as a rigging choice for mainsails of small craft where local conditions were favorable.
		Because the yard pivots on its point of attachment to the mast, the entire sail and yard can be swiftly dropped.
		Today, it can be seen as a simple rig for catboats and other small recreational sailing craft.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lateen.htm (98 words)

	Easy Print from BloodHorse.com
		Lateen Sails gave Godolphin an impressive win in Sunday's Prix Daphnis (Fr-III) at Maisons-Laffitte, leading all the way and drawing away in the late stages for a five-length victory with Frankie Dettori in the saddle.
		Lateen Sails was sent postward at odds of 11-10.
		Lateen Sails is showing some signs of paying off for trainer Saeed bin Suroor.
	www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory_plain.asp?id=17161 (302 words)

	Lateen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A lateen (from Latin) is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running ina fore-and-aft direction.
		It is quite common in the Mediterranean, theupper Nile, and the northwestern parts of the Indian Ocean, where it is the standard rig for feluccas and dhows.
		However, the great size of the lateen yardmakes it difficult and dangerous to handle on large ships in stormy weather, and by the 18th century the lateen was restricted to the mizzen mast, then by the beginning of the 19thcentury was supplanted by the driver or spanker.
	www.therfcc.org /lateen-236628.html (173 words)

	SEMINAR REPORTS 2000
		This has been taken as early evidence for the use of lateen sails by the Romans even though it is apparently impossibly for them to have known masts with 3 square-sails, and it has been suggested that the lines represent stretching spars rather than a yard/boom.
		Recent discoveries has shown that the Romans used sails which had previously been supposed to be much later, some authors claim to have identified lateen sails in 1st C AD mosaics (didn't say which ones), but the type of rig seen in the relief is unlikely for the time.
		Going by the scale of the people (always slightly dodgy) it is probably a small boat with a single square sail with two battens across it, allowing the sail to be shortened up or down.
	www.cma.soton.ac.uk /HistShip/rep098.htm (750 words)

	Thoroughbred Times: Today's News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Godolphin Racing’s Lateen Sails captured the first group victory of his career with a five-length stretch romp over Shakis in the $75,943 Prix Daphnis (Fr-G3) on Sunday at Maisons-Laffitte.
		Lateen Sails kicked off the season with a disappointing 20th-place finish behind Refuse To Bend in the Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-G1) at Newmarket on May 3.
		Bred in Great Britain by Juddmonte Farms, Lateen Sails is one of two starters, both winners, out of the winning Green Desert mare Felucca, who is a half sister to Group 2 winner Radevore (GB).
	www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=36061&subsec=3 (323 words)

	Lateen sails
		First we have to differentiate between the lateen sails of the Mediterranean which were often the only sails rigged, and the mizen lateen sails of ships which were otherwise square-rigged.
		Lateen sails were only fitted with one sheet.
		Its lower block was fixed to the ensign staff knee, to a ring bolt on deck, or to the outrigger while the sheet itself was belayed to a cleat.
	www.all-model.com /wolfram/PAGE108.html (400 words)

	Caravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With the lateen sails affixed it was able to go speedily over shallow water and take deep wind, while with the square Atlantic-type sails attached, the caravel was very fast.
		Towards the end of the 15th century the caravel was modified by giving it the same rig as a carrack with a foresail, square mainsail and lateen mizzen but, unlike the unweatherly carrack, the caravel did not have a high forecastle or much of a sterncastle.
		In this form it was known as the caravela redonda and it was in such ships that Christopher Columbus set out on his famous expedition in 1492; Santa Maria was a small carrack which served as the mother ship, and Pinta and Nina were caravels of around 20 m with a beam of 7 m.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Caravel.htm (402 words)

	lateen sail -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail.
		The triangular sail was affixed to a long yard or crossbar, mounted at its middle to the top of the mast and angled to extend aft far above the mast and forward down nearly to the deck.
		More results on "lateen sail" when you join.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9047271?tocId=9047271 (905 words)

	The Felucca Ship With Lateen Sails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Feluccas had lateen sails which were more effective in the dryer winds of the south than in the northern seas.
		Among the strongest of the stock was the galley with its great lateen sails, and to this family belongs the felucca.
		The lateen sail with its high pointing whippy yard is much better suited to the lighter and dryer winds of the south than to the heavier airs of the northern seas.
	www.webguru.com /felucca-ships-lateen.htm (364 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The lateen sail was the first fore-and-aft sail and from it many future sails were developed.
		Typical lateen-rigged vessels are found in examples of the 15th and 16th century galleys and galeasses, Columbus' caravels and the Arab dhows.
		Towards the end of the 14th century, vessels in both the northern and southern countries began combining both types of rigs by setting square sails on the forward masts and lateen sails on the after masts.
	www.calstatela.edu /faculty/eviau/edit557/vespucci/sharron/navterm5.htm (659 words)

	PDRacer Sailboat
		The lateen has a yard along the luff, and a boom along the foot.
		The lateen can be easily reefed by running a line of grommets from the tack to the leech, and lacing a line thru them.
		A traditional lateen (the original sail configuation) has a loose foot, meaning it doesn't have a boom on it.
	www.pdracer.com /sail/page3.htm (922 words)

	Nabataea: Maritime
		The lateen sail on the dhow looks triangular to the casual observer, but in fact it is quadrilateral and is correctly termed a settee sail.
		The lateen yard was normally very long in proportion to the mast and hull, and was sometimes made of more than one piece of timber.
		Perhaps the Nabataeans played a role in its development, since the lateen sail would have made it possible for them to bring the frankincense harvest up the Red Sea to their port at Leuke Kome.
	nabataea.net /ships.html (2394 words)

	Xebec Inc.
		The immense lateen yards were actually two spars lashed together at the thicker ends to form one.
		It was a smaller version of a galley, but still lateen rigged.
		They had three to four square sails on the main and fore masts, while the mizzen would have a large lateen sail.
	www.geocities.com /xebecinc/info.html (1047 words)

	1480 to 1750: The Age of Exploration and Exploitation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These ships had three masts, the mizzen carrying a lateen sail, while the fore and main were square rigged.
		It was very similar to the galley, as it had a long and narrow hull with overhanging sections at the bow and stern.
		This ship type was usually rigged in lateen fashion, with the fore and mizzen masts being raked to the bow and stern respectively.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Shire/6423/Ships/info1.html (949 words)

	Pattamar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The basic rig was that of the lateen with bowsprit and jib, but there were many variations of it.
		As known, the lateen sails reached as far south as Ceylon, where they could be seen in combination with staysails and fore-and-aft mizens.
		Pattamars were used by the Mohammedan seamen on the Bombay coast from Colombo all the way to Aden.
	www.sevenoceans.com /Ships/ShipsByType/Pattamar.htm (266 words)

	Ancient Navigation - DiscussAnything.com - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The triangular sail was known as the lateen sail, and has been used in Arab ships from Morocco to Indian, the Persian Gulf to Mozambique.
		This would have produced the type of lateen sail that is found in the western half on the Indian Ocean.
		Secondly, the earliest evidence of the existence of lateens on the Mediterranean is in Greek Byzantine manuscripts of the late ninth century which show drawings of lateens.
	www.discussanything.com /forums/showthread.php?t=50656 (1032 words)

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