The Keying was a Chinese ship that employed a junk sailing rig.Scale model of a Tagalog outrigger ship with junk sails from Manila, 19th century
The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.[1][2] While relatively uncommon in use among modern production sailboats, the rig's advantages of easier use and lower maintenance for blue-water cruisers have been explored by individuals such as trans-Atlantic racer Herbert "Blondie" Hasler and author Annie Hill.
The junkrig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens...
to be Bermuda rigged (or occasionally junk-rigged). While a sloop rig is simpler and cheaper, the schooner rig may be chosen on a larger boat so as to...
Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular...
other ships of similar configuration, called junks, and to their characteristic style of rigging, the junkrig. Djongs are used mainly as seagoing passenger...
suggested many possible origins but remain uncertain, but given its sailing rig and general design, it likely evolved from some kind of Mediterranean tending...
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and...
mast, mainmast and additional masts rigged square and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen...
mizzen mast is smaller and set further back. There are versions of the ketch rig that only has a mainsail and a mizzen, in which case they are referred to...
was one of the two traditional Malay ships using junkrig with local hulls instead of the Chinese Junk hull. Its hull design was more reminiscent of the...
side of the mast on either tack. The tanja rig (sometimes inaccurately called "balance lug") and junkrig (a fully battened sail that crosses the mast...
about sailboat voyaging, living on a small amount of money, and sailing junkrigs. Annie Hill was born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Europe.[citation...
It is 28 metres (92 ft) long, and has three crimson sails arranged in a junkrig style. However, the sails are purely decorative, and the barge is motorised...
A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern...
fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sails fore and aft, or as a gaff-rig with triangular foresail(s) and a gaff rigged mainsail...
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century...
A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail...
yard arms with respect to the wind on square-rigged vessels. Full-rigged ship Bermuda rig Lateen rigJunkrig Shipbuilding Superstructure "Definition of...
Naga Pelangi (Rainbow Dragon) is a wooden junkrigged schooner of the Malay pinas type built using traditional lashed-lug techniques from 2004 to 2009...
a lateen fore-and-aft rig on the rear masts, were carvel built with a prominent squared off raised stern, and used square-rigged sail plans on their fore-mast...
building the first Chinese seafaring junks, which adopted several features of the K'un-lun po.: 18 The junkrig in particular, became associated with...
Song and Yuan great junks were propelled by oars, and had with them smaller junks, probably for help in maneuvering. The largest junks (5,000 liao) may have...
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