Explore: Gaff Riggers

Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and

sloop-rigged vessels, Bermuda rig is used in a range of configurations, for instance, a cutter or a schooner (where it may be used in conjunction with gaff

following sail plans are at various scales. Gaff and square-rigged sailing craft "Sailing carriage", 1785 Full-rigged clipper ship, Comet, 1851 Barque, Fusi

It is a type of fore-and-aft rig. The mainsail may be of any type, most often Bermuda rig, but also others, such as gaff or gunter. In naval terminology

with a "gaff" (as in gaff rig). The overall shape of a gunter sail is roughly triangular, so having a superficial resemblance to Bermuda rig. A gunter

fore-and-aft rig on all of two or more masts and the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. The most common variants are gaff-rigged and staysail

the other. Fore-and-aft rig variants include: Bermuda rig (also known as a Marconi rig) features a three-sided mainsail. Gaff rig features a four-sided

being, for a time, universally used in the full-rigged ships of the time – though later supplanted by gaff rig in this role. The lateen was developed in the

Fishing gaff, a pole used in fishing Gaff rig, a fore-and-aft sailing arrangement in which the sail is held up by a spar called a gaff Hakapik, or gaff, used

and the top of the mast or topmast. A gaff-rigged vessel might have a gaff topsail above any or all of its gaff sails. A yard topsail is similar, but