Fore-and-aft rig

Fore-and-aft rig

A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore-and-aft rigged.

Fore-and-aft rigged sails include Staysails, Bermuda rigged sails, Gaff rigged sails, Gaff sails, Gunter rig, Lateen sails, Lugsails and the spanker sail on a square rig.

Fore-and-aft rigs include:
* Rigs with one mast: the catboat, the sloop, the cutter
* Rigs with two masts: the ketch, the yawl
* Rigs with two or more masts: the schooner

Barques and barquentines are partially square rigged and partially fore-and-aft rigged.

Similar Phrases in Other Languages

"Fore and Aft" is distinctly English maritime phraseology, but the Dutch (or Afrikaans) equivalent is 'voor en achter', with a similar meaning.

Uniform

"Fore and Aft Rig" is a nickname for a kind of Royal Navy uniform with a conventional jacket, shirt and tie and peaked cap rather than jumper, bell bottom trousers and round hat (known as square rig). Fore and Aft Rig is worn by all officers, warrant officers, chief petty officers and petty officers. It was once also worn by junior ratings who did not belong to seaman or engine room branches (e.g. artificer apprentices, medical personnel, administrative personnel, cooks, stewards etc), although they too have now worn square rig for many years.

References

See also

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* Square rig


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  • fore-and-aft rig — fore and aftrigged, adj. Naut. a rig in which the principal sails are fore and aft. [1825 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • fore-and-aft rig — noun Date: 1879 a sailing ship rig in which most or all of the sails are not attached to yards but are bent to gaffs or set on the masts or on stays in a fore and aft line …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fore-and-aft — adjective parallel with the keel of a boat or ship • Similar to: ↑lengthwise, ↑lengthways • Topics: ↑seafaring, ↑navigation, ↑sailing * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymolog …   Useful english dictionary

  • fore-and-aft rigged — adjective : equipped with a fore and aft rig …   Useful english dictionary

  • fore-and-aft sail — any of various sails, as jib headed sails, gaff sails, lugsails, lateen sails, spritsails, staysails, and jibs, that do not set on yards and whose normal position, when not trimmed, is in a fore and aft direction amidships. [1810 20] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

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  • fore-and-aftrig — fore and aft rig n. A rig on a sailing ship that has quadrilateral and triangular sails set to the fore and aft line and that can be trimmed to leeward. * * * …   Universalium

  • fore-and-after — [fôr′ naf′tər] n. a schooner, ketch, or other ship with fore and aft rig …   English World dictionary

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