examples of rigs

Rigs: various combinations of sails that distinguish one sailboat from another.

brig

Two-masted ship with a foremast and a mainmast and square sails; a spanker can be added to the mainmast and three jibs to a bowsprit.

brigantine

Two-masted ship that is lighter than the brig and rigged differently.

whale boat

Fishing boat propelled mainly by oars but sometimes fitted with one or two lug sails and a jib.

ketch

Two-masted pleasure sailboat; it has a mainmast and a mizzenmast fore of the tiller, which distinguishes it from the cutter.

Marconi cutter

Fishing boat with a tall mast and one gaff or Bermuda sail; it has two jibs and a small mast aft of the tiller.

schooner

Two-masted ship with a foremast and a mainmast; it has gaff sails and topsails and sometimes a staysail.