examples of rigs![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rigs: various combinations of sails that distinguish one sailboat from another.
brig ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Two-masted ship with a foremast and a mainmast and square sails; a spanker can be added to the mainmast and three jibs to a bowsprit.
brigantine ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Two-masted ship that is lighter than the brig and rigged differently.
whale boat ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fishing boat propelled mainly by oars but sometimes fitted with one or two lug sails and a jib.
ketch ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Two-masted pleasure sailboat; it has a mainmast and a mizzenmast fore of the tiller, which distinguishes it from the cutter.
Marconi cutter ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fishing boat with a tall mast and one gaff or Bermuda sail; it has two jibs and a small mast aft of the tiller.
schooner ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Two-masted ship with a foremast and a mainmast; it has gaff sails and topsails and sometimes a staysail.