Snow (ship)

The Schnau is a zweimastiger square rigger. The main difference between the very similar Briggtakelage is that the gaff sails of the mainmast does not have a tree at the Schnau - rigging and that the luff of the gaff sail is not attached to the mast, but in a attached to the same thinner spar, the Schnaumast. In warships the luff of the sail gaff is also fortified place on Schnaumast by a rope at one consisting of a rope jackstay. Another distinguishing feature of Briggtakelage indicates that the Schnau as opposed to a sailing brig lead at the main yard ( the lower frame of the rear mast ). The criterion is true, however not always, as many Briggs there had a sail.

The advantage of the Schnaumastes was that the lacing was better at Schnaumast with its small diameter up and slide down as the actual pole.

The Schnau - rigging is occupied mainly in the 18th century. Around the middle of the century Schnauen were considered the largest two-masted ships. Later, apparently the brig rigging became increasingly popular. During the 19th century the actual Schnau rigging out of use of the Schnaumast and Schnausegel came, however, continued to be used in other rigs:

In the period from about 1820, in which you now many full-rigged ships instead of the old Stagsegeln with gaff sails it on big - in equipping and foremast, they were then driven as Schnausegel, ie on Fock - and mainmast there was in each case a Schnaumast. While Schnauen had no gaff tree in the 18th century, there was in the 19th century Besane with Schnaumast and tree.