“Morgana is a true sailor’s boat. Wooden spars, running backstays, and even belaying pins. When fully rigged she uses six sails. Are you ready? Starting at the bow, and working aft we have a furling genoa followed by the furling staysail. Then we have a gaff rigged mainsail, and above it flies a topsail.

Aft we have the mizzen staysail, followed by the mizzen. All of this is accompanied by at first glance a bewildering array of lines to manage them.”

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