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He laid himself down upon a folded sail, not interfering with anything whilst the bark prepared for sea; and, with its large, square sail, it was fairly out within two hours.

They told us they expected to have seen the Bahama Islands, but were then driven away again to the south-east, by a strong gale of wind at NNW., the same that blew now: and having no sails to work the ship with but a main course, and a kind of square sail upon a jury fore-mast, which they had set up, they could not lie near the wind, but were endeavouring to stand away for the Canaries.

Since being bought by Square Sail in 1987, Phoenix has been refurbished and converted for different roles.

Judson, the dime novel king to be, conjured up a nom de plume for himself stolen from old-time seamen when they referred to the rope at the bottom of a square sail and became Ned Buntline."

Each of these has a raised deck aft and is rigged with three masts: a centrally located mainmast, with a square sail and a top square sail on a topmast, a foremast placed near the stem with similar rigging, and a smaller mast just forward of the tiller with a lateen sail.

Shane McCarthy, of production firm Square Sail Ventures, said: "I'm delighted to be the new owner of this iconic business.

Each group then changes that identified variable: one group may use a square sail, another a triangular shape, but keeping all other variables identical.

What emerged to fill this need was the cog--a simple, rugged, double-ended, clinkerbuilt ship with a single mast amidships and setting a single square sail on a yard.

We seem called on to envisage a ship with a clinker-built hull of overlapping planks, a single square sail, and a complex of standing and running rigging (cordes).

During its 44 days afloat, the longship's only means of propulsion will be 30 pairs of oars and its huge square sail. The crew will sleep under a tarpaulin while at sea.