Schooner
Sea Terms
A rore-and-aft schooner has no yards, all her sails being spread by booms and gaffs and by hoisting upon stays.
A topsail schooner carries a fore-and-aft foresail and mainsail, a square fore-topsail and topgallant sail and sometimes a royal.
A main topsail schooner carries a square topsail on the main.
Fore-and-aft schooners carry from two to five masts.
