Schooner "Gazela" Oct 17, 2008

[markuslebt]

yes too much sails n tows for a schooner.

[dariod2007]

its not a gazela, it's a GODZILLA!

[genericusername769]

i was just about to say its not a schooner but a barkentine but i noticed others already said so anyways a nice ship

[kitsbabygirl1993]

it's not a schooner it's a barkentine

[dariod2007]

it's not gazela it's godzilla.

[camaroa]

In 1961 I was there as Chiefmate, under the comand of Captain António Marques da Silva. Thore were the good old days! Cap. Carlos Anastacio

[Squarekn0t]

I drank with her crew in St. Johns Newfoundland in 1968, when she was still in the White Fleet, could't understand any of im but thay knew how to drink rum!

[Exmech2]

The moment I saw the first frames I knew she was a Barquentine, as opposed to a schooner. Of the 3 masts, the foremast is square rigged, while the main and aft mast are gaff rigged. Thus, a barquentine.

[OldgoldPM]

Haha, I was actually wondering what the luffing was about.

[golboi]

She's a Barkentine. I've been crew on her for eleven years and she has always been a barkentine.

[golboi]

Gazela is not a Schooner. She's a Barkentine

[lishen9]

yes there are schooners with marconi rigged and stays'il schooners, however the Gazela is from (there were no marconi rigs),historically,decades ago there were ships with all rigs (brigs,brigantines, barks, but as we progress towards modernism, many of the tradtion terms were lost. in fact today yachtsmen mistaken these rigs as schooners because, that is the only Term that they come up with,that pertains to sailing ships with two or more mast. from a more nautical stand point wasn't the case.

[lishen9]

it's not a schooner... its a barkentine

[mainsul]

I have updated the posting - thanks

[5point9straightsix]

It is a schooner....look closely, the foremast actually has a boom attached with a fore-and-aft sail (staysail, I guess) attached. A barkentine should not have that. I would hence call it a topsail schooner....

[lishen9]

having a boom dosen't mean its set up as a schooner, staysail can also have a boom, a schooner must have a "gaff" rig on both fore, main, and mizzen

[5point9straightsix]

Bermuda-rigged schooners lack gaffs altogether, yet are still schooners.

[foretekyonally]

Thanks, I am the Ed. outreach director for the ship but not sailing with her on this trip.

[mainsul]

Glad you found it on youtube. Sorry the video is so gray, it was a very overcast day.

[foretekyonally]

Yea!!! But it looks cold out there!!

[mainsul]

It was overcast with a light misty rain but the temp was about 60 degrees and bearable