The square-rigged sailing ship Stavros S Niarchos was launched in 2000 to provide sail training for young people. |
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The square-rigged, steel hulled, vessel attracted huge interest from locals and visitors during her stay. |
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A few months ago I had the opportunity to sail among the Caribbean islands once again, this time on the square-rigged cruise ship Royal Clipper. |
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His square-rigged ship with the cross and bones flying from the mizzenmast was a feared sight in the eyes of captains of merchant barques. |
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Star Clipper and her near-identical sister ship are fantastic square-rigged clippers. |
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Few, if any, of the divers aboard the JdL for our late-summer dive cruise had prior sailing experience, particularly on a square-rigged sailing ship like this brigantine. |
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Though square-rigged sailing ships have just about vanished from our oceans, they have left us present-day sailors with a racial memory of grandeur, power, and beauty. |
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No wonder old-time sailors deserted their square-rigged ships for such delights, after months at sea on hard-tack and briny water. |
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The foremasts carried square-rigged sails, while the mainmasts carried a fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail and square-rigged top sail. |
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It was square-rigged on its foremasts and mainmasts, but used a lateen sail on the mizzen to help in tacking. |
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We saw a square-rigged vessel in full sail close to us, so close that we had to strike sail to avoid running foul of her, while they too put the helm hard up to let us pass. |
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Square-rigged sails were particularly effective on the lighter ships known as caravels, which is why the Nina and Pinta were apt choices for Columbus's first voyage. |
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In addition to the square-rigged sailing ships, the schooners were the second largest group of large sailing vessels. |
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It is a four-masted, square-rigged barquentine, 360 feet long, with 36,000 sq feet of sail and carry up to 170 passengers and 75 crew members. |
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She is passenger on the square-rigged barkentine Speedwell, now lying off the coast of Virginia. |
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