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	Rigging Your Canoe for Sail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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)

	Rigging Small Sailboats - Chapter 2
		Sails can be considered the "engine" or power plant of the sailboat, while the rigging can be considered the "transmission," or the means by which the power is transferred to the boat to create motion.
		Sails in the past were made from cotton fabric, and may be to this day, but these require more maintenance and care.
		The HEAD of the sail is the topmost corner; the TACK is the forwardmost corner, and the CLEW is the aft corner of the sail.
	www.glen-l.com /free-book/rigging-small-sailboats-2.html (1899 words)

	Patent 4466372: Lateen rigged sailing board
		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 sail 50 is provided with a gaff 52 and a boom 54 which meet at an apex generally designated 56 by a pivoting joint.
		In addition, with the boom pivoted to the lower inner portion of the hoop or wishbone, the camber of the sail may be easily changed by adjusting the gaff halyard and then manually pivoting the boom in the vertical plane of the mast.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4466372.html (1926 words)

	LATEEN - LoveToKnow Article on LATEEN
		voile latine, Latin sail, so-called as the chief form of rig in the Mediterranean), a certain kind of triangular sail, having a long yard by which it is suspended to the mast.
		A lateener is a vessel rigged with a lateen sail and yard.
		This rig was formerly much used, and is still the typical sail of the felucca of the Mediterranean, and dhow of the Arabian Sea.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LATEEN.htm (380 words)

	GeneralNose: Lateen Sail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation.
		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.
	generalnose.blogspot.com /2004/07/lateen-sail.html (76 words)

	Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: Chapter 8
		The sail par excellence of the Mediterranean is the lateen.
		The sail is as a rule taken in by being furled to the yard, two or more brails being used in the first instance, to spill the wind, the canvas being then furled and tied by a hand upon the yard.
		She was sailing very fast, with every sail drawing full and bathed in the sun's rays, and she threw the spray off to windward in showers into the deep blue of the sea.
	www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/smyth/mast_n_sail_08.html (6659 words)

	Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: Chapter 1
		THE progress of steamship building, the increase in size and speed of ships, and in the use of iron and steel in their construction, startling and revolutionary as they appear to be, have yet very little altered the conditions of life for many hundreds of thousands of human beings who follow the sea.
		The sailing fishing-boats of the world, and the coastwise traders, those cradles of maritime strength, still perform their part, almost untouched by the roar and rush of this age of machinery, still following the laws which have brought about their various developments.
		But among the coasters and fishermen of the world the mast and sail more than hold their own, and here the student of the sea will find himself in a by-path of the modern world, among the old thoughts, the old traditions, the old methods, and the old virtues of the great seas.
	www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/smyth/mast_n_sail_01.html (3665 words)

	Lateen Sail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		rig, which looks not unlike a gaff cutter with top sail, was popular among pleasure craft and especially among the racers, as it enabled a yacht to sail closer to the wind and was easier to handle.
		was a popular sail for small boats fishing in sheltered waters and for tiny pleasure craft, as it is very easy to handle, being easier to put on the correct tack than some other lateen rigs.
		Today, commercial use of the lateen rig is unknown in the northern Mediterranean, though it is still widely used in Egypt and Tunisia.
	www.boatsyachtsmarinas.com /history/html/lateen_sail.html (428 words)

	A.N.C. - Ships of the Discoveries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was rapidly noticed the convenience of using lateen sails, which would be alternated with the square ones in consideration of the prevailing winds.
		It seems that, apart from the usual square sails they could also be rigged with lateen sails and carried oars for windless weather or shore approach.
		Were rigged with lateen sails, their sizes decreasing towards the the stern, and they did not have crow's nest because tacking the yards was impossible with this type of sail.
	www.edinfor.pt /anc/ancv-bdescobertas-e.html (1083 words)

	Society and Sail
		The second intriguing problem is the fact that it appears that the mast step and the Nordic sailing arrangement indicate that the Nordic sail rather was the result of an internal development in the north than an innovation directly from e.g.
		Curiously enough, sails in general were from many points of view less well suited to this area than to the North Sea or the Baltic, if one is to judge from the long periods of calm in the Mediterranean.
		The sailing ships of the Gotlandic picture stones reflect the becoming part of a fleet of a supreme Gefolgschaft, that of the gods — where even the chieftains are honoured to be chess pawns.
	www.abc.se /%7Epa/publ/soc&sail.htm (4966 words)

	PDRacer Sailboat
		These were often used on polonesian sailing canoes, which their high boom was a great benefit so that the crew could paddle and sit on the outriggers without the need to worry about being hit by the boom.
		Also since the sprit boom goes thru the middle of the sail, there is a "good tack", and a "bad tack" where the sail shape is spoiled by the sprit boom.
		This is one solution the the problem of tall masts, the Gunter sail uses a yard that is hoisted vertically, and is used with a shorter mast.
	www.pdracer.com /sail/page3.htm (830 words)

	Ancient Navigation - DiscussAnything.com -
		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.
		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.
		Since there are drawings from India, which demonstrate the use of the square sail there, and since the Chinese rigged their junks with square sails, it is safe to assume that the lateen sail was an Arab invention that most likely developed on the Red Sea.
	www.discussanything.com /forums/showthread.php?t=50656 (1021 words)

	Civilization Fanatics' Forums - View Single Post - NEW UNIT: Dhow
		Their sails retained a luff at the fore part in proportion to the leech of roughly 1-6 in the mainsail.
		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.
		Different types of sail were made according to the requirements: a sail wanted for reaching would be made less flat and with a fuller luff than a sail wanted for beating.
	forums.civfanatics.com /showpost.php?p=713045&postcount=17 (619 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)

	MSN Encarta - Fishing Vessels
		The sailing craft used in the fisheries of Europe varied a great deal in model and rig (see Sail; Ships and Shipbuilding).
		The lugsail and lateen-sail rig were relatively common, the lateen in the Mediterranean region and the lug on the northern European and British coasts.
		As a rule the fishing junks and sampans sailed swiftly and were highly seaworthy.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553481/Fishing_Vessels.html (518 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The earliest known picture of a sailing vessel is on an Egyptian urn of the 4th century B.C., but we assume man was able to harness the power of the wind for the propulsion of boats and rafts long before that time.
		In the earliest attempts at sailing, sailors used the power of the wind to push them from behind, but as time went on, they found ways to trim the sails so they could sail even with the wind from a beam.
		In this design, the sail is bent to a spar the lower end of which rests against the mast, gripping it with a prong, or gaff.
	www.calstatela.edu /faculty/eviau/edit557/vespucci/sharron/navterm5.htm (659 words)

	Pram Dingy POGO with Lateen sail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I experimented with a lateen rig on my winnard Sabot hull, with Bolger style leeboard.
		The sail was laced to a long bamboo pole.
		Unlike more traditional lateen rigs I did not secure the lower end of the yard to the front of the boat, just tied it back to the mast, letting it swing free to find its own best angle to the wind.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /staff/gm/pogo_lat.htm (84 words)

	square sail -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The sails are attached to yards (crossbars) that are hung at their centres from the mast, and there are as many as five yards, one above the other.
		The characteristic of the square sail, apart from its shape, is that it always presents the same face to the wind, though the yard may pivot considerably about the mast.
		The fore-and-aft sail, now usually triangular, is set completely aft of a mast or stay, parallel to the ship's keel, and takes the wind on either side.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9069285 (911 words)

	Good Old Boat: The fore-and-aft rig by Ted Brewer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is particularly interesting when you realize that two of the earliest fore-and-aft rigs, the lateen sail of the Middle East (Egyptian feluccas and Arabian dhows) and the Chinese junk, have remained largely unchanged over the centuries and are still in use in the areas where they began.
		If a sloop's sails are too large for the crew to change or reef under storm conditions, then you have no safety and would be better off with a divided rig with its smaller sails and greater ease of handling.
		The ketch has her mizzen forward of the rudderpost, and the sail area is comparatively larger than that of the yawl's mizzen, up to 20 percent or more of the total.
	www.boatus.com /goodoldboat/foreaftrig.htm (2377 words)

	boat lateen rigged sail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		sail hung on a long yard that is attached at an angle to the top of a short mast.
		A lateen sail is a triangle with one...
		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.
	www.packlitepro.com /6/boat-lateen-rigged-sail.html (540 words)

	LIBRO 'Canoe rig'
		Most canoe sailing rigs were originally adapted from small sailboats and dinghies, and many of the rigs that you will see here can also be used to power skiffs, prams, peapods, and other small boats.
		Lateen sail, 55 Sq.Ft Twin lateen sails, mainsail and mizzen
		Leg-o'mutton sail, 50 Sq.Ft Cat-yawl rig, Gaff mainsail and latten mizzen
	www.libreriadenautica.com /items/LCR-7.html (207 words)

	Boat Design Forums - The Concept Catamaran Project
		If sail power were only measured by the square foot size -- yes, the Cat 5 Lateen sail plan is small when compared to conventional sloop or cutter rigs.
		However, because I believe the Lateen sail rig shapes the wind into a better torque driving device than a comparable conventional sail rig of the same size, the overall size can be made smaller than what may be assumed as the standard sail rig for a 48' sailboat.
		Regarding the sail size -- you are probably right about how hard it may be able to sail to windward with such a small rig and all that freeboard.
	www.boatdesign.net /forums/printthread.php?t=4625&pp=40 (8750 words)

	The Barque Provencale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In southern Europe the inclination toward the lateen sail was strong and as we have noted elsewhere, with good reason.
		Characteristics of the galley were incorporated into the hull of the barque, notably in the beak, useful in providing a stout support for the rigging employed in operating the forward portion of the long antennae of the lateen sail nearest the bow.
		The foremast, as may be seen, is the lateen dear to the hearts of the mariners of the Mediterranean Sea, the heritage of centuries.
	www.webguru.com /barque-provencale-ships.htm (349 words)

	Wolfram zu `Mondfeld Historic Ship Models`content
		Because that was the end of the first part of this book, which connected the hull and its fittings.
		In this second part we have to leave the safety of the deck to climb up into the lofty heights of the masts, sails and rigging, with the vast number of spars and ropes which looks so baffling at first sight, some of them reaching up to a height of 200ft above deck.
		You may occasionally be surprised at the sequence of construction advised in the next chapters -for example, the fact that the sails are discussed before the chapter RUNNING RIGGING tells you how to attach a yard to a mast.
	www.all-model.com /wolfram/content.html (523 words)

	Solway Dory - The Voyager Rig
		The SOLWAY DORY LATEEN sail rig is perhaps the traditional rig for an open canoe.
		The LATEEN is supplied with a 44 square foot nylon sail of modern design, with a luff sleeve to improve the leading edge flow and a high aspect ratio.
		It has been found that, in practice lateen sails cannot be satisfactorily reefed.
	www.solwaydory.fsnet.co.uk /rigs/lateen.html (200 words)

	model boats you build and sail
		A sails aspect ratio is the ratio of its height to the length.
		This moves the sails centre of effort closer to the mast, where the sail pivots, and thus, the turning radius from the centre of effort is reduced.
		At the aft end of the boom, the sails clew and the mainsheet both slip through another fitting (first) and then it is worked over the end of the skewer.
	www.seadercraft.com /boats.html (2316 words)

	Nabataea: Maritime
		Their main characteristics were sewn double ended construction, steering oars at the stern and a lateen rigged sail.
		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.
		(See Sailing and Navigation) Whatever the case, dhows were the preferred boat for transporting cargos on the Indian Ocean, and they dominated this scene for almost two thousand years.
	nabataea.net /ships.html (2394 words)

	Nabataea: Maritime 2
		First I will compare the use of the square sail and the lateen sail, and end with a look at the various techniques that were used by the ancient Arabs for navigation, both in the desert and on the sea.
		Square sails were still used until very recently on the sewn sambugs of Aden as well as lateen sails.
		There was no reefing of sails in a strong wind, but the yard could be lowered, as today, and it is probably that a spare yard and sail of smaller size were carried, as in the vessels seen by Colomb in the nineteenth Century.
	nabataea.net /sailing.html (4445 words)

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