• grue@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I found this pic informative:

    It’s also interesting how they were naming things after James Bond movies all the way back in the Age of Sail!

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      4 months ago

      I’ve never heard of a “gallant,” just a “top gallant” (usually “t’gallant,” sometimes “gans’l”). I’ve sailed on ships with split t’gallants, though. I did sail on one ship with a skys’l, never a moonraker; I suspect those are both terms for “a sail above the royal”.