#3193: Sailing Rigs

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[The comic contains views from the side of boats, each with a different sailing rig. All boats are oriented to the left of the comic.]

• Lateen: a single triangular sail.
• Bermuda rigged sloop: a front and rear triangular sail share a mast.
• Ketch: two triangular sails as above, with an additional triangular sail on a second rear mast.
• Gaff rigged sloop: front triangular sail shares mast with rear quadrilateral sail.
• Yawl: two triangular sails share front mast and a much smaller aft mast holds a small aft.
• Schooner: two triangular front sails share foreward mast with quadrilateral center sail. An aft mast supports a quadrilateral aft sail.
• Ketch-rigged gaff: The first fictional rig. Resembles a gaff, with the aft sail reduced and two triangular sails mounted above. The resulting shape resembles a vertical ketch.
• Kloop-rigged sketch: A mixture of the names of ketch and sloop, poking fun at the unfamiliar names of some rigs.
• Bunkbed rig: A gaff-rigged sloop is mounted on top of a second hull.
• Flettner rig: The rectangular outline of a cylinder with motion lines around it, indicating a Flettner rotor.
• Oops, all spinnakers: three masts each with a sail only attached to the top.
• Keel rig: three sales in a ketch arrangement, but mounted to the keel, which would typically put the **sails underwater**.
• Kite rig: all sails are replaced by two groups of kites, each tied to the mast with an independent line.
• Longsail rig: bermuda rigged sloop with the aft sail extending ~5 times as far back, well beyond the end of the hull.
• Deckhand obliterator: all sails replaced by an anchor that swings around the mast on a chain, similar to tetherball. Any deckhands (crew) on the deck could be knocked off or fatally hurt if the anchor passes through their space.
• Offset rig: gaff rigged sloop sails are mounted on a mast that is offset (forward) from the hull via an underwater extension of the keel.
• Mastless rig: a single sail is attached where the mast would normally be mounted, flapping around freely. This provides much less propulsion or steering.
• Unclassifiable chaos rig: includes elements of the schooner, yawl, lateen, and possibly others.