Royal (sail)

The Royal sail ( sail german king ) is an ailing at the royal yard (fortified ) square sail, which is moved over the topsails. Has a square rigger divided Mars and Bramrahen ( 2 / 3 and 4/5 Rah on the mast ), represent the Royalrahen the " sixth " floor in the rigging is, in simple Mars and Bramsegeln the fourth.

Above him, the sky still sail ( Skysegel ) was on some, especially the U.S. Rahschiffen led. For example, the five-masted German Maria Rickmers Reederei and her sister, the four-masted full-rigged ship Peter Rickmers, had Skysegel. The last frame ( in very rare cases when tall ships, for example, some clippers ) there was the moon sails (English moon sail ). Sky and moon sailing contributed to sail power only slightly at.

Had a square rigger divided Mars, but simple topsails, it was sometimes difficult to determine whether the ship is simple topsails and royals or split topsails without Royals ( Jubiläumsrigg ) led. In the simple, very large topsails and shared Bramsegeln the fifth sailing was always the royals.

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