Lateen (1174 bytes)
1: [[image:rigging6.png|right|A vessel with three lateens]]
3: A '''lateen''' (from ''Latin'') is a triangular [[sail]] set ...
5: The lateen rig is believed to have been in use for at least ...
7: ...n stormy weather, and by the [[18th century]] the lateen was restricted to the [[mizzen mast]], then by th...

Caravel (2225 bytes)
3: ...0 tons, or the light three-masted Mediterranean [[lateen-rigged]] vessels known as caravels.
5: ...ime. It generally carried two or three masts with lateen sails, while later types had four masts.
7: ...rack with a [[foresail]], square [[mainsail]] and lateen [[mizzen]] but, unlike the unweatherly carrack, t...

Bilander (491 bytes)
1: ... in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The mainmast was [[lateen]]-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the for...

USS Washington (1829 bytes)
7: ...gton (lateen-rigged galley)|''Washington'']], a [[lateen-rigged]] two-masted [[galley]], served in Brigadi...

Felucca (1405 bytes)
5: ...]] in [[Egypt]]. Its rig consists of one or two [[lateen]] sails.
7: Americans are largely unaware of the fleet of lateen-rigged feluccas that thronged [[San Francisco]]'s...

Dhow (885 bytes)
1: ...n with one or more triangular [[sail]]s, called [[lateen]]s. It is indigenous to the coasts of the [[Arabi...

Fore-and-aft rig (684 bytes)
9: *[[Lateen]] sails.

Xebec (999 bytes)
3: ...large xebec carried a square rig on the foremast, lateen sails on the others, a bowsprit, and two headsail...

Carrack (1326 bytes)
3: ...gged]] on the [[foremast]] and [[mainmast]] and [[lateen-rigged]] on the [[mizzenmast]].

Red seal ships (2938 bytes)
1: ...ip''''', incorporating Western-style square and [[lateen]] sails, [[rudder]] and aft designs. The [[ships]...

Rigging (25958 bytes)
78: The Lateen (Latin) sail (fig. 6) is a triangular sail akin t...
81: [[image:rigging6.png|Fig. 6. picture of a Lateen Rig.]]
82: <br>''Figure 6 - Lateen Rig.''
85: ...hree-masted vessel square rigged on the main, and lateen on the fore and mizzen.
106: ..., the mainmast a course and topsail, the mizzen a lateen sail.

Sail-plan (15597 bytes)
26: * A ''lateen'' sail is a triangle with one or two sides attach...
87: ...assic in the Mediterranean or Indian Ocean: three lateen sails in a row.
88: ...ree master with square-rigged first mast, and two lateen sails following. This is a North African pirate's...

Nanban period (10083 bytes)
31: ... ship]], incorporating Western-style square and [[lateen]] sails, [[rudder]] and aft designs. The ships we...

Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez (10398 bytes)
9: ...Caméléon'', a xebec--a vessel of mixed square and lateen rig peculiar to the [[Mediterranean]]--in which h...

Age of Exploration (12579 bytes)
15: ... carrack and caravel both incorporated the Arab [[lateen sail]] that made ships far more maneuverable. It ...

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