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On large sailing ships a spritsail is a square-rigged sail carried on a yard below the bowsprit. [1] [2] One of the earliest depictions of a spritsail is carved on Borobudur ship carving in Borobudur temple, Indonesia.
In some languages (such as German) it is known as a "blind" (German, (eine) Blinde) because it effectively blocks forward vision when set. [3]
Spritsails were commonly used on sailing vessels from the first carracks until about 1800. Until the mid-18th century, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically above the fore end of the bowsprit.
The full-rigged ships of the golden age of sail had no spritsails, as the area under the bowsprit was instead occupied by rigging ( martingales and dolphin striker) that reinforced the bowsprit and jib-boom against the forces of an increasing number of jibs.
Notes
- ^ Mastini, Frank (1990). Ship Modeling Simplified: tips and techniques for model building from kits. McGraw-Hill. p. 63. ISBN 0-07-155867-5. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ Jamieson, Alexander (1829). A Dictionary of Mechanical Science. Vol. II. London: Henry Fisher, Son & Co. p. 956. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ E. T. Dankwa (1999). "The Development of Square-Rigged Ships". Retrieved 2011-01-14.
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On large sailing ships a spritsail is a square-rigged sail carried on a yard below the bowsprit. [1] [2] One of the earliest depictions of a spritsail is carved on Borobudur ship carving in Borobudur temple, Indonesia.
In some languages (such as German) it is known as a "blind" (German, (eine) Blinde) because it effectively blocks forward vision when set. [3]
Spritsails were commonly used on sailing vessels from the first carracks until about 1800. Until the mid-18th century, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically above the fore end of the bowsprit.
The full-rigged ships of the golden age of sail had no spritsails, as the area under the bowsprit was instead occupied by rigging ( martingales and dolphin striker) that reinforced the bowsprit and jib-boom against the forces of an increasing number of jibs.
Notes
- ^ Mastini, Frank (1990). Ship Modeling Simplified: tips and techniques for model building from kits. McGraw-Hill. p. 63. ISBN 0-07-155867-5. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ Jamieson, Alexander (1829). A Dictionary of Mechanical Science. Vol. II. London: Henry Fisher, Son & Co. p. 956. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
- ^ E. T. Dankwa (1999). "The Development of Square-Rigged Ships". Retrieved 2011-01-14.
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