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Definition of Bermuda rig
1. Noun. A rig of triangular sails for a yacht.
Definition of Bermuda rig
1. Noun. (nautical) A sailing rig consisting of a single stayed mast with a fore-and-aft rigged mainsail on a boom and a jib or genoa on the forestay ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bermuda Rig
Literary usage of Bermuda rig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the World by Robert Taylor Pritchett (1899)
"THE Bermuda rig. BERMUDA sailing boats have been long famous in their own habita!.
They do not seem to transplant to advantage—it may be for want of proper ..."
2. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"Compared to the Bermuda rig, it is slightly less efficient to windward, but off
the wind the fully battened sails are more efficient because they present ..."
3. Gently with the Tides: The Best of Living Aboard by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"... to a Bermuda rig it is slightly less efficient to windward, but, off the wind,
the fully battened sails are more efficient because they present more ..."
4. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1897)
"... on the stay so as to roll up for reefing purposes, and a mainsail, Bermuda
rig, fitted with canoe reefing gear, her boom 15 ft. 3 in. ..."
5. Sabra Crossing: An Ecological Adventure in the North Atlantic by Michael L. Frankel (1991)
"All the line handling was done from the companionway. For the past 1800 miles
the sail handling has been very easy compared to the standard Bermuda rig. ..."