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Lighter
Lighters, barges, and similar vessels usually had a simple mizzenmast rigging. It consisted of a column mast, 1 or 2 staysails and a gaff sail with a boom but often without the latter. Some of these ships, for example Dutch cogs, also carried a sprint sail instead of a gaff sail.

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Album:Ships of the 15th to 18th Centuries
Keywords:Lighter
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Date added:May 08, 2007
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