thumb|upright|Full-rigged sailing ship [[Christian Radich (ship)|Christian Radich]]

thumb|right|Full-rigged sailing ship [[Royal Clipper]]

thumb|right|[[Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci|Amerigo Vespucci, full-rigged ship of the Italian Marina Militare]]

A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. Such a vessel is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged, with each mast stepped in three segments: lower, top, and topgallant.

Masts

thumb|The [[French Imperial Navy full-rigged ship Pénélope, launched in 1806]]

The masts of a full-rigged ship, from bow to stern, are: This allows the crew to stop and quickly restart the ship without retracting and lowering the sails, and to dynamically compensate for the push of the wind on the masts themselves and the yards. Running downwind the sails still need to be lowered to bring the ship to a halt.

See also

  • Glossary of nautical terms (A-L)
  • Glossary of nautical terms (M-Z)
  • Rigging
  • Sail
  • Sail-plan
  • Types of sailing ships

References

Bibliography

Further reading

  • <!--|access-date=9 January 2014-->
  • The Development of the Full-Rigged Ship From the Carrack to the Full-Rigger
  • Example of full-rigged ship: Stad Amsterdam
  • Christian Radich
  • Sørlandet

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