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Hermaphrodite brig
Description
A hermaphrodite brig, or brig-schooner, is a type of two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail ). As such it has a mix of the two main types of sail plan, hence the term hermaphrodite.
English usage is to refer to this type of vessel as a brigantine.
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Last updated: 09-01-2005 16:52:35
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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