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LATEEN

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed May 10, 2017 8:05 pm

The MS shows us a “lateen” better known as “lateener”. It is the general term applied to a vessel whose primary sail is a lateen; a triangle sail hung essentially fore-and-aft, with the luff lashed to a long yard. Sail topped over the stubby mast in going about.

Uganda 1998 3000s sgMS 1973, scott 1560.
Source: From Aak to Zumbra a Dictionary of World’s Watercraft.
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