Sailing ship
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A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing square-r
A barque—a three-masted sailing ship with square sails on the first two masts (fore and main) and fore-and-aft sails on the mizzenmast
Fijian voyaging outrigger boat with a crab claw sail, an example of a typical Austronesian vessel with outriggers and a fore-and-aft sail
A carved stone relief panel showing a Borobudur ship (Austronesian) from 8th century Java, depicted with outriggers and fore-and-aft tanja sails
Chinese junk Keying with a center-mounted rudder post, c. 1848
Junk (ship)
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A junk is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads, and a flat-bottomed design. They are also characteristically built using
Junks in Guangzhou, photograph c. 1880 by Lai Afong
Early European illustration of Southeast Asian djongs and other smaller craft (D'Eerste Boeck, c. 1599), note the double rudders which distinguished Southeast Asian ships from the Chinese chuán which had a central rudder
Tracing of two ships from Dunhuang cave temple, c. 8th–9th century CE. The ships showed square sails. A stern sculling oar is also present (known as a yuloh, 摇橹).
Tracing of a ship on a mirror in the Shaanxi museum (circa 9th or 12th century CE)