Mechanisms — tall ship

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Full-rigged Ship diagram
Full-rigged Ship Mechanism Explained: Square Rig Sail Plan, Bracing Diagram, and Driving Force
How a full-rigged ship works — square sails on three or more masts, sail plan geometry, driving force calculations, and named examples from naval and...
Brigantine diagram
Brigantine Sailing Rig Explained: How the Two-Masted Square and Fore-and-Aft Mechanism Works
Brigantine sailing rig explained: how the two-masted square-and-fore-and-aft sail plan works, why crews picked it, and how to size it for sail-training vessels.
Barkentine diagram
Barkentine Sail Plan Mechanism: How a Three-Mast Square-and-Fore-Aft Rig Works
Barkentine sailing rig explained — how the square-rigged foremast and fore-and-aft main and mizzen work together for shorthanded ocean trade and sail training.