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Spritsail (square-rigged)

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This article is about sails carried on the bowsprit. For fore-and-aft main sails on smaller vessels, see
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had no spritsails, as the area under the bowsprit was instead occupied by rigging (
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until about 1800. Until the mid-18th century, most ships also flew a
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In some languages (such as German) it is known as a "blind" (German,
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Spritsails were commonly used on sailing vessels from the first
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Spritsail

Batavia
sprit-topsail
sailing ships
square-rigged
yard
bowsprit
Borobudur ship
Borobudur temple
Indonesia
carracks
sprit topmast
full-rigged
golden age of sail
martingales
dolphin striker
jib-boom
jibs
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A Dictionary of Mechanical Science
"The Development of Square-Rigged Ships"
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