Gaff rig
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Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the
Reliance, a competitor in the 1903 America's Cup and the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built
A gaff-rigged sail and its surrounding spars
The gaff-rigged schooner Rose Dorothea won the 1907 Lipton's Cup, despite a broken foretopmast (pictured)
Gaff rigged schooner J. & E. Riggin. Her sails, from left to right, are: jib, staysail, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main gaff topsail
Gunter rig
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Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft the mast. The lower half of the luff of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fas
Gunter rigged Lobster 12.5
Sliding gunter sail rig on a Drascombe Lugger. In this variation, the upper gunter iron has been replaced by a parrel.