Schooner
![A traditional gaff topsail schooner](/Images/godic/202502/17/Schooner_Te_Vega_in_the_Hudson_River_19761432.jpg")
![Schooner rigging:
1) Bowsprit
2) Jib, followed by fore staysail
3) (Fore) gaff topsail
4) Foresail
5) Main gaff topsail
6) Mainsail
7) End of boom](/Images/godic/202502/17/Rigging51432.png")
![Rig of topsail schooner Shenandoah without sails](/Images/godic/202502/17/Shenandoah_lying_on_her_anchor_in_Vineyard_Haven's_Outer_Harbor1432.jpg")
![1793 newspaper ad for a packet schooner, Chestertown, Maryland](/Images/godic/202502/17/Packet_Schooner1432.jpg")
A schooner /ˈskuːnər/ is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts, the foremast being shorter than the main and no taller than the mizzen if there is one. Originally gaff-rigged, modern schooners typically carry a Bermuda rig.