And you, are you sure you know what a yawl is? GALLERY

During vintage boat rallies or while strolling in the harbors, it is sure to happen that you comment, “Look how beautiful that schooner is…” but you are not always certain that you have got the rigging right. The world of sailing is fascinating because it has few rules; all you need is a shell that floats and a piece of canvas to sail. Around the world, traces of vessels with the most diverse weapons can be found, as if they were revivals of auric or tarch arms.

Some, in Polynesia and Africa for example, are still used and fully functional. But in “modern” countries, where technology grinds giant strides in the field of materials, here are experimenting with new solutions or rather solutions that revisit weapons from hundreds of years ago. I am referring, for example, to the Maltese Falcon, mega yachts with square sails, as they were in the 1800s. Of course, there are many differences: on the ships of the time it took 100 men to hoist the mainsail; today it takes only the push of a button.

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YAWL Simile al ketch, si tratta di un bi-albero con due rande la maestra e la mezzana. In questo caso l’albero di mezzana si trova a poppavia dell’asse del timone.

TARCHIA Con Tarchia si indica la vela o la barca con un solo albero con randa a Tarchia. è a forma di trapezio, con un picco che parte quasi dalla mura e la tiene spiegata.

GOLETTA Di norma è un armo di grandi imbarcazioni, si distingue perché ha due alberi e, al contrario del Ketch o dello Yawl, la randa maestra è quella di poppa.

KETCH Scafo con due alberi, si distingue dallo Yawl, perché l’albero di poppa, detto di mezzana, si trova a proravia dell’asse del timone.

CUTTER Tutt’ora diffuso, si tratta di un armo con due stralli per i fiocchi a prua. Esistono diverse versioni, tra cui l’aurico a cutter, con randa trapezoidale, fiocco e controfiocco.

ARMO CAT L’armo Cat è più diffuso per le barche piccole. Si tratta di una conformazione con la sola randa, unica vela a bordo, e albero spostato molto a prua.

AURICO Si caratterizza per una randa trapezoidale armata su due pennoni, il picco in alto e il boma in basso; può avere anche una seconda randa, la cosiddetta controranda.

SLOOP Indica una barca con un solo albero, con una sola randa e una vela di prua, fiocco o genoa. la prima non ha sovrapposizione sulla randa, la seconda invece si.

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