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	Rigging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The square spritsail, which could not be trained fore and aft, and was of feeble effect in keeping the ship’s head from turning to windward, has been replaced by the jib.
		The spritsail yard (which continued in use till after 1850) has disappeared and has been replaced by the spritsail gaffs, two fixed spars which slope downwards and help to support the “jib-guys,” the lateral supports of the booms.
		For a time, and after the use of spritsails had been given up, the spritsail yard continued to be used to discharge the function now given to the gaffs (see Smyth, Sailor’s Word-Book, sub voce).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rigging (3622 words)

	Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum
		Spritsails, Sharpies, and traditional sail plans will be used to cover rigging and sail handling with gaff, sprit and lug rigs.
		Spritsails, Sharpies, and traditional style rowboats will be used to cover rigging and sail handling with gaff, sprit and lug rigs.
		The Spritsail is a rig that was developed locally for fishing and oystering in the shallow sounds.
	www.ncmm-friends.org /onthewater/traditional_sailing.htm (510 words)

	RIGGING - LoveToKnow Article on RIGGING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The spritsail yard (which continued in use till after I850) has disappeared a~id has been replaced by the spritsail gaffs, two fixed spars which slope downwards and help to support the jib-guys, the lateral supports of the booms.
		For a time, and after the use of spritsails had been given up, the spritsail yard continued to be used to discharge the (unction now given to the gaffs (see Smyth, Sailors Word-Book, sub voce).
		The spritsail which could not be trained fore and aft was no use on the wind.
	35.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RI/RIGGING.htm (3575 words)

	Spritsails Off Shackleford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The North Carolina Spritsail Skiff is one of the classic wooden boat designs of the North Carolina coast.
		It is an open boat and is often fitted with a distinctive topsail and yoke on the rudder as shown in the painting.
		His drawing of a Spritsail Skiff is used as the logo for the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
	www.angelfire.com /nc/rbdance/spritsails.html (176 words)

	Sailing by E.F. Knight. Chapter 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Spritsails — Dipping lugs — Standing lugs — Leg-of-mutton sails — The balance lug — The Una rig — Balance reefs — The sloop — Rules of open boat sailing.
		It has no boom or gaff, but is extended by along diagonal spar called the sprit, which tapers away at the two extremities, the upper end of it fitting into an eye on the peak, the lower end fitting into a loop on the mast called the snotter.
		A spritsail can be brailed up along the mast in a moment by means of a line leading through a block on the mast and passing round the sail.
	www.humboldt1.com /AR/literary/knight5.htm (2751 words)

	2002 VOC Duyfken Voyagie: Captain's Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The wind is too strong for the spritsail and I order it to be taken in, we bear away again to assist the team out on the beak.
		As soon as the spritsail is secured in the beak we bring the vessel back into the wind on the port tack.
		The spritsail is aback and starting to bang around, I order the spritsail to be braced to try and bring the ships head off of the wind but the windage from our raised poop is too much to overcome.
	www.duyfken.com /voyagie/log/default.asp-id=1146.htm (1565 words)

	2002 VOC Duyfken Voyagie: Captain's Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		I wanted the spritsail set so that while we were busy on the fore the vessel could come around onto the starboard tack by itself.
		Lashing the helm to starboard got the action started and once the spritsail was set we were around onto the starboard tack before we knew it.
		The wind is very strong, making the removal of the bonnet far harder than it should be, it is noticeable that everyone is moving in slow motion.
	www.duyfken.com /voyagie/log/default.asp-id=1438.htm (766 words)

	* Peak - (Boating): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Pillow: A block of timber fixed to the deck of a sailing vessel just inside the bow on which the inboard end of the bowsprit rests...
		Splashboard - A raised portion of the hull forward of the cockpit intended to prevent water entering...
		Splashboard A raised portion of the hull forward of the cockpit intended to prevent water entering...
	en.mimi.hu /boating/peak.html (530 words)

	Ena
		She was rigged as a 'mulie' - a compromise between a more substan-tial ketch and a spritsail barge.
		She was given a tall mizzen mast, with a large gaff sail, well forward of the wheel and a smaller spritsail.
		In 1974 the Ena was transferred to the Social and Sports Club of Paul's and she still competes in sailing barge races on the Thames, the Medway, Blackwater and Orwell keeping the great tradition of the spritsail barges alive.
	www.adls.org.uk /shipinfo.cfm?id=24&RestTrust=0 (823 words)

	Ashmolean Museum: The Tradescant Collection - The Catalogue - 1685 B no. 758 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The foremast and mainmast each have a lower yard, a top, topsail yard and a topgallant yard; the mizzen mast has a lateen yard, a cross-jack yard, a top and topsail yard.
		The spritsail topmast and the angled beak-head produce between them a fairly narrow chronological band when both features were found together.
		All that can be said of the model's identity, then, is that it represents a small vessel, probably a merchant ship, c.1605-30.
	www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk /ash/amulets/tradescant/tradescant07-04.html (396 words)

	Online shopping for family history products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The transcripts list information on Spritsail barges registered in London extracted from the original registration documents and supplemented with information from the Maritime Navy Lists, the SSBR Hulks lists and relevant barge reference books.
		They show, where recorded, the name of the barge, its dimensions, where it was built and information of its owners and masters.
		Spritsail vessels registered in London in 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1871, 1873, 1878, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1887
	www.bargemen.co.uk /shopping1.htm (298 words)

	The Bow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The white spar that sticks out from the bow is called the bowsprit, the wooden extension to the bowsprit is the jib boom.
		Three sails are carried on the bowsprit along with the spritsail that hangs from the spritsail yard.
		View of the forerig, made up of three spars; the lower spar in white is the bowsprit, the wooden spar in the upper right is the jibboom, and the spritsail yard runs perpendicular to both, athwartship, near the doubling.
	www.tallshiprose.org /info/tour/quicktour/bow.html (291 words)

	Tall Ships
		The 110 brig-sloops of the `Cruiser` class were armed with 16 x 32-pdr.
		Top Spritsail - the topmost sail on the spritsail extended by a sprit(pole) diagonally upward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail
		Spritsail - a sail extended by a sprit(pole) diagonally upward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail
	www.geocities.com /cptblood_1999/ships.html (1653 words)

	NC's Outer Banks: A National Historical Treasure - The Elizabeth II
		The bowsprit is a spar extending forward diagonally from the bow of the ship.
		This holds a small square sail called the spritsail.
		The beakhead is the projecting structure at the bow used to facilitate handling of the spritsail.
	www.nc-outerbanks.com /elizabeth.html (561 words)

	Thames Sailing Barges - FAQs
		Spritsail barges evolved with a very simple rig, despite their size, which could normally be easily managed by a crew of two people.
		There are also some twenty or so that are under restoration, many of these are very long term projects and some may never be completed due to the prohibitive cost of such work.
		Almost all spritsail barges were built purely as sailing craft, without any other form of power.
	www.thamesbarge.org.uk /barges/FAQ.html (502 words)

	Flying Lab Software Forums - Sail Damage
		-- the spritsail topsail (very foremost sail on the corvette) is a very poorly understood sail.
		However, Marion, I'm sure what you meant was that, as a driver, the spritsail was only useful on a broad reach.
		The spritsail, having a long lever arm to work with, is more of a steering sail than a driver.
	www.flyinglab.com /forums/showthread.php?threadid=4444&goto=lastpost (627 words)

	The Frigate Ship of 1820 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In the rigging it may be noticed that the fashion at this date was for extremely long jib-booms and flying jib-booms, thus creating an immense forward triangle within which to set a steadily increasing number of jibs.
		The bowsprit and its extensions were supported by a most elaborate forked martingale, and its whole structure was strengthened by additional rigging made possible by the elimination of the spritsail and the spritsail topsail.
		The old spritsail yard was still retained as a means of further strengthening the bowsprit in the horizontal plane.
	www.webguru.com /frigate-ship-scout.htm (438 words)

	Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding • Row Boats for Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Faerings (four oared) are traditionally rowed by two and the boats can be fitted for a spritsail or squaresail.
		When Dutch boatbuilder Kees Prins offered to design a skiff for the school that could be easily built by amatuer boatbuilders in a period of several days, we asked him to make it handsome, capable of dealing with a bit of open water, and easy to row and sail.
		While the boat can be used just for rowing, it can be built with a centerboard and fitted with a spritsail and rudder.
	www.nwboatschool.org /boats/rowboats.htm (744 words)

	Multihull Stories
		In february 2001 I communicated with Dieter Hinrichsen who was building a HITIA 17 (Wharram design) to test this catamarans for coastal trekking.
		He was looking for a more effective rig as the original spritsail and asked me for a hint.
		Therefore a sail area of 9 sqm was planned to reach adequate 15 of the original spritsail.
	www.multihull.de /story/st_panama1gb.htm (714 words)

	spritsail - meaning and definition of the word. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		spritsail - meaning and definition of the word.
		You can double click on any word to find it's meaning when you see the help cursor.
		[n.] A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
	dictionary.blintz.com /dictionary/spritsail (47 words)

	lark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ken has a sail plan for the hull and I did build a sailing version but used a spritsail rig rather than his sloop rig or his balance lug rig.
		If you build one of Ken's boats and send a picture of your child in the boat he will send you a dollar.
		I built a spritsail version for my son, Robb is at the tiller and that is John Staples forward.
	www3.sympatico.ca /herbert.mcleod/lark.htm (514 words)

	Model Boat Building: The Spritsail Skiff Books - Debbie's Beads
		They got around in the boats that they designed and built by themselves.
		With beautiful color photographs, helpful drawings, and a wealth of knowledge that comes from years of craftsmanship, Steve Rogers leads the reader through the building of a model of the North Carolina Spritsail Skiff, one of the many truly ingenious and unique craft that developed in this environment.
		The model is in one-inch scale and is built in much the same way as the actual boat was.
	www.debbysbeads.com /crafts-hobbies/craftwork-item_id-0887405347-search_type-AsinSearch-locale-us.html (279 words)

	Discovery Harbour - Vessels
		Jolly Boats could be sailed using either a lug or spritsail, and could also be pulled with oars.
		Built with cedar planking on oak frames, the skiff was a small working boat used for harbour duties, crossing rivers, and transporting people and goods from ship to shore.
		The skiff could be rigged with a spritsail or pulled with 4 oars.
	www.discoveryharbour.on.ca /english/vessels_body.html (539 words)

	The Bargemen is a family history site dedicated to the Boat Builders, Owners and Workers along the River Thames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		BT108/01, 02, 03, 04, 05 & 06 Spritsail vessels registered in London in 1855 - 1859 - £9
		BT108/03 Spritsail vessels registered in London in 1856 - £3
		BT108/04 Spritsail vessels registered in London in 1857 - £3
	www.bargemen.co.uk /bt.htm (217 words)

	The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Maybe more for the ship model builder than for the naval historian, unless you are planning to build a replica of a sailing vessel of the covered age as an experimental archeologist / historian.
		The bad: its assumed you know the terms for all the rigging etc. Such terms as crojack, leeches, single whips, tackle pendants, etc are undefined in the text, and there is no glossary.
		You will find more than enough material to rig most ships from this time period.
	www.history-asia.com /The_Rigging_of_Ships_in_the_Days_of_the_Spritsail_Topmast_16001720_048627960X.html (598 words)

	Whitehall Rowing and Sailing Skiffs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		For those desiring auxiliary sail propulsion when the wind is off the beam, a spritsail rig and rudder are available at additional cost.
		Spritsail Rig (mast, sprit, sail, sheets, rudder, tiller) $1,300
		Vessel is subject to prior sale, price and inventory changes, and withdrawal from market without notice.
	whitehallskiff.com (201 words)

	Книга: The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast. 1600 - 1720 R. C. Anderson
		The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast.
		Essential reading and reference for ship model-makers and students and enthusiasts of historic sailing ships and their rigging.
		Over 350 fine line drawings illustrate every rigging detail.
	www.bookland.ru /book1823676.htm (294 words)

	The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600 1720 by R. C. Anderson
		The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600 1720 by R. Anderson
		Summary of The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720
		Because of the rarity of the information presented here it will not be the sort of book I would loan out.
	www.book-summary-review.com /The-Rigging-of-Ships-in-the-Days-of-the-Spritsail-Topmast-1600-1720-048627960X.htm (888 words)

	Find in a Library: The rigging of ships in the days of the spritsail topmast 1600-1720
		The rigging of ships in the days of the spritsail topmast 1600-1720
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/63644ca50c5122b8.html (57 words)

	article
		One kit is usually enough to construct two triangular sails.
		The following instructions are for creating a simple spritsail for a mast without a track, but they can easily be adapted for many types of sails or a mast with a track.
		Unfold the polytarp material and stake the corners and edges.
	members.aol.com /polytarp/article.htm (2440 words)

	Community Rowing and Sailing Program . . . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Our Small Boat Building team has completed construction of two, 19.5 Light Gloucester Pulling Dories and a 12.5' skiff, Martha's Tender.
		A newly restored 16' Matinicus with spritsail has been added to the fleet.
		Saturday mornings are a good time to check out these beautiful boats which are now located in the park to the east of the steel Shipyard Building at Harborfront Park – 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson (currently under renovation).
	www.lisec.org /community_rowing.htm (116 words)

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