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Thread #18650   Message #186305
Posted By: Amos
28-Feb-00 - 02:34 PM
Thread Name: Help: sea terms
Subject: RE: Help: sea terms
Not two booms, really -- two spars, for gaff and lateen rigged -- one along the top, and one along the bottom. And squaresails likewise hang from the yards, along their tops. The Bermuda rig of your normal little sailing boat has only a boom along the bottom of the triangular sail.