The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Ring Tail

Sea Terms

A jib-headed sail, the foot of which sets on an additional boom rigged out on the end of the after-boom. Its head hoists to the gaff, and the sail itself might be called a spanker-stunsail. It is rarely carried, and is only set in light airs.

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