Definition of Bermuda rig

1. Noun. A rig of triangular sails for a yacht.

Exact synonyms: Bermudan Rig, Bermudian Rig, Marconi Rig
Generic synonyms: Rig, Rigging

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

Berlusconian
Bermuda
Bermuda-shorts
Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda cedar
Bermuda chub
Bermuda dollar
Bermuda green
Bermuda lily
Bermuda maidenhair
Bermuda maidenhair fern
Bermuda onion
Bermuda plan
Bermuda rig
Bermuda seam
Bermuda shorts
Bermudan
Bermudan option
Bermudan options
Bermudan rig
Bermudans
Bermudas
Bermudian
Bermudian rig
Bermudians
Bern
Berna Eli Oldfield
Berna fly

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. ..."

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