Sail,
Rigging and general details of the CAMBRIA
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1.
Staysail
2. Foresail
3. Topsail
4. Mainsail
5. Mizzen
6. Jib (furled)
7. Bowsprit
8. Sprit
9. Main mast
10. Topmast
11. Mizzen mast
12. Mizzen gaff
13. Mizzen boom
14. Stay-fall tackle
15. Bow badges
16. Windlass
17. Focsle hatch
18. Bow boards
19. Mast case
20. Topsail halliard winch
21. Main hatch
22. Leeboard
23. Main horse
24. Cabin scuttle hatch
25. Rudder
26. Quarter boards
27. Wheelhouse
28. Main brail
29. Main rigging
30. Forestay
31. Topmast backstay
32. Bob or house flag
33. Topmast forestay |
CAMBRIA
traded under 5000 square feet of canvas which enabled her to reach
speeds of over 9 knots. Her six sails were set on a 49 feet (15m)
mainmast, 43 feet (13m) topmast, 48 feet (14.6m) mizzen and 38 feet
(11.5m) bowsprit.
The ability of a flat bottomed vessel to carry 170 tons to sea under
the command of a crew of skipper, mate and thrid hand (though often
without this extra support) ensured the continued economic existence
of considerable fleets of barges into the late 1950's.
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