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VANGS
VANGS, a sort of braces to support the mizen gaff, and keep it steady. They are fixed on the outer-end or peek, and reach downwards to the aftmost part of the ship's side, where they are hooked and drawn tight, so as to be slackened when the wind is fair; and drawn in to windward when it becomes unfavourable to the ship's course.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 303, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1440.html