It is bermuda-rigged, with a large mainsail and a 100% jib.
Bluenose II has one of the largest mainsails in the world, measuring 386 m2 (4,155 ft2).
The sailboat, which sells for about $22,000, carries a large mainsail and small jib.
As with the large mainsails, spinnakers are also generally much larger for a given hull size than had previously been used.
They had a very large mainsail with relatively small headsails and a 3/4s rig.
The star boats, with their 39-foot masts and large mainsails, are particularly sensitive to the slightest gust or lull.
But the mainsail, larger than the others and therefore more vulnerable, was caught out of position.
She flew a large mainsail forward and a smaller mizzen aft.
A large mainsail is often rigged abaft the mast(s) and usually a jib in front of it.
The sail plan is characterized by a large mainsail and a high aspect ratio jib in a fractional rig design.