A studding sail, or stun'sl (pronounced stuns'l /ˈstʌnsəl/) is an extra sail on a square rigged vessel for use in fair weather. It is set outside the square...

square-rigged vessels may set studding sails, sails that extend outwards from the yardarms, to create a larger sail area for points of sail, ranging from downwind...

they are fastened, i.e. the main studding sails, main top studding sails, and the main top gallant studding sails, etc. A brig's foremast is smaller than...

the buntline hitch dates to the age of sail, when it was used to secure buntlines to the foot of the sails on square-rigged ships. That the buntline...

an extra is a sail that is not part of the working sail plan. The most common extra is the spinnaker. Other extras include studding sails, the modern spanker...

the main sail). In light winds, certain square-rigged vessels may set studding sails, a type of sail used to extend the central square sails outwards...

Sail rigs A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including...

The river was named after the boom of the stuns'l, sailors slang for studding sail located on the outside of the square rigging of a sailing ship, after...

were called as a regular sail, with the addition of "studding". For example, the main top studding sail. Between the main mast and mizzen as well as between...

ship Full-rigged ship (mid-19th century—with one sail furled on mizzenmast) In light winds studding sails (pronounced "stunsls") may be carried on either...