The gaff rig is not as efficient as the Bermuda rig, and the rig is more complicated and requires more crew for sail handling.
斜桁帆不如百慕大帆有效率,这种结构也更加复杂,需要更多水手来操控。
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Then he stepped the mast and, with the stick that was his gaff and with his boom rigged, the patched sail drew, the boat began to move, and half lying in the stern he sailed south-west.
Nautical A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts, carrying two or more headsails and a quadrilateral gaffsail or spanker aft of the mizzenmast.