Cultural Artefact
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Cultural Artefact
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Pinnace |
| A pinnace was a small vessel navigated by oars and sails. It generally had two masts, on which a main sail and foresail were suspended from gaffs extending from the mast towards the stern. This allowed the sails to be stretched out by booms attached to the masts. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000081 |