Schooner
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| - | A '''schooner''' is a two masted vessel with fore and aft sails, i.e. in a line parallel to the keel. The term thus refers to the masts and rigging of a vessel rather than to its hull, an ambiguity often lost upon [[ | + | A '''schooner''' is a two masted vessel with fore and aft sails, i.e. in a line parallel to the keel. The term thus refers to the masts and rigging of a vessel rather than to its hull, an ambiguity often lost upon [[Stephen Maturin]]. |
There are also topsail schooners which carry one or more square rigged sails above the fore and aft sails, usually on the [[mast|foremast]]. | There are also topsail schooners which carry one or more square rigged sails above the fore and aft sails, usually on the [[mast|foremast]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:39, 5 April 2008
A schooner is a two masted vessel with fore and aft sails, i.e. in a line parallel to the keel. The term thus refers to the masts and rigging of a vessel rather than to its hull, an ambiguity often lost upon Stephen Maturin.
There are also topsail schooners which carry one or more square rigged sails above the fore and aft sails, usually on the foremast.
