vela de entre palos
English translation: (mizzen) staysail
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| 19:24 Jul 24, 2006 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Ships, Sailing, Maritime / sails | |||||||
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(mizzen) staysail Explanation: It depends if the boat is a ketch/yawl or a schooner. On a ketch the main mast is higher than the aft mast. That (aft) mast is called mizzen, hence mizzen staysail. BUT if it's a achooner, the aft mast being higher than the mast towards the bow, it may be a sail that is hoisted higher and I have to think about the name. Bear with me. Will add that. BTW http://www.answers.com/topic/bermuda-rig Marconi just means the mainsail is a triangular sail to the top of the mast, do not use rig because that would indicate the boat has only one mast, and there are two here ;) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-24 21:18:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I just see in your question that the plot thickens: there seems to be only one mast. Who's written the original text??? It seems to be a back translation: the original text used staysail, the Spanish translation became entrepalos (mizzen staysail, not the same). That's also why the old-fashioned 'marconi' came into view. I bet they refer to the 'trinqueta' (in English: staysail) which is a sail behind the jib, on an inner forestay. This is a part of a 'cutter' (ES: cúter) rig. http://marina42.net/cgi-bin/p/m42p-custom.cgi?d=passage-yach... http://www.syadele.com/spec_sailing.htm Photo of "Adele" with a mizzen staysail -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-24 21:22:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OK, of course a staysail schooner- it's still a staysail (pffff) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-24 21:24:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.pelagicbirds.com/ On the photo you can see a staysail schooner -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2006-07-24 21:28:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.1cyc.com/sy/lelanta/ Another staysail schooner. For classic boats, marconi does make sense. As you see there is another sail above the staysail, but we'll forget about that one for the moment ;) |
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