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English: The ringtail is a sail used in light winds to increase the sail area. It is ringed in the diagram. It is set just abaft the mainsail. Its head is laced to a yard which is hoisted to the end of the main gaff. The foot is fastened to a ringtail boom, which is lashed to the after end of the main boom.
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Source https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-86133
Author Unknown person working in 1835

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Extract from a sail plan with the ringtail (a type of sail) ringed to identify it

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