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Thesquarerighas been modified, having a zip fastener down the front of the jumper and the trousers, and side pockets in the trousers.
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Of course, aircraft have themselves gone through the stages of conversion fromsquareriginto somewhat more streamlined models.
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This would mean that there would be men walking about there insquarerig, in bell-bottomed trousers and dark blue cloth.
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It is the improved uniform for ratings, thesquarerig, which we have been testing.
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She therefore carried a fullsquarerigon three masts, in common with large sailing warships of the period.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The barque rig can outperform the schooner rig, can sail upwind better than full-riggers, and is easier to handle than fullsquarerig.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This type of hat is also known as asquarerig.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In accordance with the standardsquarerigsail plan, the topmast carries the topsail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was rigged with three masts, withsquarerigon the fore- and main-masts, making her a barque-rigged vessel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Huntford describes her as straight-stemmed, with an awkwardsquarerig, and a tendency to wallow in heavy seas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traditionally, up until the second half of the 1800s, these boats used to be rigged with asquarerig.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were fast, yachtlike vessels, with three masts and asquarerig.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In older designs of asquarerigships, sailors would have to climb the rigging and walk out on footropes under the yard to furl and unfurl the sails.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tambs was employed at the age of 15 on asquarerig.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition to her engines she had four masts with the first pair being square rigged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vessel had no lateen sails but was instead square-rigged on the foremast and had a gaff-rigged mainsail withsquarerigabove it on the mainmast.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The boat was originally a three masted auxiliary barquentine, square rigged on the foremast, fore-and-aft on the after masts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is the gaff-rigged "mainsail" on a brigantine which distinguishes it from the brig, which is principally square rigged on both masts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast.
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