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Ancient three- and four-masters
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10-29-2013, 02:18 PM
Thinking of it, adding a fourth mast would have been impractical. Since ancient ships had only one sail each mast, there was still enough potential to increase the sail surface by adding topsails (square sails) to the existing masts.
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Ancient three- and four-masters - by Jack Rizzio - 10-22-2013, 02:07 AM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Urselius - 10-22-2013, 06:52 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Eleatic Guest - 10-29-2013, 02:18 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Sean Manning - 10-30-2013, 07:54 AM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Urselius - 10-31-2013, 03:22 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Sean Manning - 10-31-2013, 06:24 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Urselius - 10-31-2013, 10:41 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Nathan Ross - 11-02-2013, 06:58 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Urselius - 11-02-2013, 07:19 PM
Ancient three- and four-masters - by Michael Kerr - 10-11-2014, 03:21 PM

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