A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. This configuration was developed in Bermuda in the 17th century; the term Marconi, a reference to the inventor of the radio, Guglielmo Marconi, became associated with this configuration in the early 20th century, because the wires that stabilize the mast of a Bermuda rig reminded observers of the wires on early radio masts.
1671 woodcut of a Bermudian vessel with early Bermuda rig (before the addition of a boom)
The 1831 painting, by John Lynn, of the Bermuda sloop of the Royal Navy upon which the Spirit of Bermuda was modelled
The sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda.
A 19th-century race in Bermuda. Visible are three Bermuda rigged and two gaff rigged sloops.
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Sailboat on Lake Constance, Germany.
A gaff cutter
A catboat
A gaff topsail schooner