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Components of a
museum-quality model
Set of sails for a warship around 1750:
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1. Sprit sail; 2. Spritsail topsail; 3, Jib; 4. Fore topmast staysail; 5. Fore staysail (often omitted); 6. Course (square foot, as topsail, in British ships); 7. Fore topsail; 8. Fore topgallant sail; 9, Fore studding sail; 10 Fore topmast studding sail; 11. Fore topgallant studding sail; 12. Main staysail; 13, Main topmast staysail; 14. Middle stavsail
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Gaff jackstay, 19th century: Left: older form with rope;
Right: later type with metal rod
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