#weergang

awh en dat maakt mij blij! 

What is weergang? This bit of a castle wall where you can walk upon and shoot/trow things down to people you don't like. Or insults.

Anyway why am I telling you this.

There's one castle in the Netherlands, which (still) has a covered (with a roof) weergang. Castle Hernen. And I was there today:

Ship (aka Full-rigged): All three masts square-rigged.

Barque: First two masts square-rigged, the mizzen fore-and-aft rigged

Barquentine (Schooner barque): Fore mast square-rigged, main and mizzen fore-and-aft.

Topsail schooner: All masts fore-and-aft rigged, but with topsails on the foremast

Schooner: All masts fore-and-aft rigged

After last year's succes of this 'best 3 masted sail plan' poll, we are now going for the 2 masted variants!

Brig: Square sails on both masts, aft mast taller. 1 fore-and-aft sail behind main (aft) mast for manoeuvering.

Brigantine: Fore mast rigged with square sails. Aft mast fore-and-aft main sail, but square top and topgallant.

Schoonerbrig / Hermaphrodite brig: Fore mast rigged with square sails, aft mast rigged fore-and-aft.

Schooner: all masts rigged fore-and-aft. With the aft mast being taller.

Topsail schooner: Schooner + square topsails on one or both masts.

Ketch: fore-and-aft rigged, with the fore mast taller and the aft mast smaller.

Junk: Full batten sails

Dhow / Felucca: Lateen sails on both masts

Yawl: fore-and-aft rigged, but aft mast much smaller and postioned behind the rudder.

Lugger: Fore and aft rigged on both masts (either one can be taller or both of equal length) But the sails hang off yards, which protrude a little bit before the mast.

Bilander: Square rigged on the fore mast. Lateen mainsail on the taller aft mast, with top and top-gallant square sails above that.

Snow: Almost the same as Brig or Brigantine. But the Fore-aft-Sail of the aft mast is flown of a smaller mast directly behind the main mast, attached top and bottom.