Wishbone rig

The Spreizgaffelsegel is a special sailing on some, especially older, sailing ships. It always struck between two masts, with the luff at the front, as well as Spreizgaffel and Schot ( inexpertly: the dew with which the position of the sail is regulated ) on the aft of the two masts.

Similar to the boom of surf sail is the Spreizgaffel a mast rotatably mounted, two-piece spar; the Spreizgaffelsegel is thus a form of Sprietsegels.

A Spreizgaffelsegel is usually caused by a staysail (eg a Besanstagsegel ) supplements, which will be posted in the aft mast and approximately fills the triangular space between Spreizgaffelsegel and abaft the mast.

The Spreizgaffel - Sails is a very effective Besegelungsart because it allows a high degree of sail area, as measured by the number and height of the masts. It has the additional advantage that when the wind gets individual sails can be deleted, whereas a mainsail should be reefed.

Ship types with Spreizgaffelsegel

Depending on the number and relative size of a ship with masts Spreizgaffelsegel ( n ) is called:

• Spreizgaffelketsch when it has two towers, one of which, the front pole is higher than the rear (see Ketsch ). Here mainsail ( staysail at the rear mast ), the other ships on the main mast ( " foremast " ) driven by a Spreizgaffelsegel and a Besanstagsegel replaced. This Besegelungsart is also called Wishbone rig.

• Spreizgaffelschoner when it has two or more poles, of which the second pole is at least as high as the front (see also covers). A Spreizgaffelschoner leads to all but the achterlichsten ( " posterior " ) Mast Spreizgaffelsegel - ie a Spreizgaffelsegel in a two Master or two Spreizgaffelsegel in a three- master. An example of a Spreizgaffelschoners is the Polish Zawisza Czarny three-master.