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Sail Course

A joint production by the United States Power Squadrons (USPS)

and the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS-ECP)
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• Part 1
– Section 1, Sailboat Rigs
– Section 2, Sail Plans
– Section 3, Boat Design and Hull Types
– Section 4, Standing Rigging
– Section 5, Sails
– Section 6, Running Rigging
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Part 1, The Boat

Section 1, Sailboat Rigs

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• Lateen
• Catboat
• Sloop
• Cutter
• Yawl
• Ketch
• Schooner
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Sailboat Rigs are defined by:
Masts
• number
• relative height
• placement
Sails
• shape
• distribution
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Figure 1–1
Lateen Rig
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Figure 1–2 Gaff-rigged Catboat

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Figure 1–3 Marconi-rigged Catboat

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Figure 1–4 Catboat

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Figure 1–6 Wishbone-rigged

Cruising Catboat

Figure 1–5 Wishbone-rigged Catboat

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A sailboard is wishbone-rigged
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Figure 1–8 Masthead–Rigged

Sloop
Figure 1–7 Masthead-rigged Sloop
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Fractional-rigged Sloop
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America’s Cup Racer Australia 21 in Sydney Australia Harbor

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Figure 1–9 Cutter

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Figure 1–10 Yawl

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Figure 1–11 Ketch

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Figure 1–12
Cat-Ketch without a jib
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Figure 1–13 Gaff-rigged Schooner

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Brigantine or Hermaphrodite Brig

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Trimaram with
a centerboard
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• Abaft Behind, aft of.

• Amidships In or near the middle of the boat.

• Bowsprit A spar that extends forward from the bow. Sails and rigging are attached to the bowsprit.

• Clew After lower corner of a triangular sail. On a spinnaker, the lower corner attached to the sheet.

• Foot The lower edge of a sail.

• Gaff Spar that supports the upper side of a fore-and-aft four-sided sail.

• Halyard Line for hoisting sails or flags.

• Hank Clip sewn to the edge of a sail and used to attach it to wire rigging, such as a forestay.

• Headsail Any sail flown forward of the mast.

• Spar Any shaft or pole for the attachment of a sail, such as the mast, boom, yard, or sprit.

• Tack The lower forward corner of a mainsail or jib or the corner of a spinnaker that is near the spinnaker pole. Also,
with starboard or port, describes the side over which the wind passes. Also, to change course by turning bow
through the eye of the wind.
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End of Sail Slides, Section 1