FORE-AND-AFT RIG

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A 'fore-and-aft rig' is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are also described as 'fore-and-aft rigged'.
Fore-and-aft rigged sails include:

★ Staysails

★ Bermuda rigged sails

★ Gaff rigged sails

★ Gaff sails

★ Gunter rig

★ Lateen sails

★ Lugsails

★ The spanker on a square rig
Fore-and-aft rigs include:

★ Single masted rigs:

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★ The catboat

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★ The sloop

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★ The cutter

★ Two masted rigs:

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★ The brig

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★ The ketch

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★ The yawl

★ Rigs with two or more masts:

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★ The schooner

★ Rigs with three or more masts:

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★ The barquentine

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Uniform

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Uniform

"Fore and Aft Rig" is a nickname for a kind of Royal Navy uniform with a conventional jacket, shirt and tie and peaked cap rather than jumper, bellbottoms and round hat (known as square rig). Fore and Aft Rig is worn by all officers, warrant officers, chief petty officers and petty officers. It was once also worn by junior ratings who did not belong to seaman or engine room branches (e.g. medical personnel, administrative personnel, cooks, stewards etc), although they too have now worn square rig for many years.

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