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Enchantress (yacht)
The ''Enchantress'' was a 19th-century racing yacht, winner of several national and international Trophy, Cups including the Royal Yacht Squadron's regatta around the Le Havre to Southampton, and the New York Yacht Club's regatta from Owls Head, Maine, Owl's Head Point to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Sandy Hook Lightship. She was designed by Robert Fish (shipbuilder) , Robert Fish for George L. Lorillard. ''Enchantress's'' origins In 1871, the ''Enchantress'' was modeled, in New York, by Captain Robert Fish (shipbuilder), Robert Fish (1812-1883) for George L. Lorillard. She has had several owners (see #Subsequent owners, subsequent owners below). The ''Enchantress'' was built by shipbuilder Samuel H. Pine of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She was Berth (moorings), berthed at the New York Yacht Club and sailed by Captain Reuben King. Fish designed hundreds of vessels of all sizes, including the ''Truant'', ''Challenge'', ''Eva'', and the ''Meteor''. Her model resides at the New York Yacht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaff Rig
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the ''gaff''. Because of the size and shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have running backstays rather than permanent backstays. The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular. A gaff rig typically carries 25 percent more sail than an equivalent Bermudian rig for a given hull design. A sail hoisted from a gaff is called a gaff-rigged (or, less commonly, gaff rigged or gaffrigged) sail. Description Gaff rig remains the most popular fore-aft rig for schooner and barquentine mainsails and other course sails, and spanker sails on a square rigged vessel are always gaff rigged. On other rigs, particularly the sloop, ketch and yawl, gaff rigged sails were once common but have now been largely replaced by the Bermuda rig sail, which, in addition to bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
