Gaff Rig - Gallery

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  • Gaff rigged schooner J. & E. Riggin. Her sails, from left to right, are: jib, staysail, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main gaff topsail

  • A near-vertical gaff allows this Gunter-rigged boat to carry a triangular sail that is similar to the Bermuda rig

  • Gaffelaar, by Johannes Christiaan Schotel, depicting both gaff and square-rigged boats

  • Gaff rigged yachts race on Sydney Harbour, circa 1900

  • Carmita, racing cutter

  • Governor Ames, five-masted schooner

  • Victory Chimes, National Historic Landmark

  • Zaca, owned by Errol Flynn

  • Traditional Dutch sailing barge

  • The yacht of the VOC-Chamber of Rotterdam, by Jacob van Strij

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