They were stretching along on a reach but sailing just too high for studding sails to draw.

A ship's boy sat on the folded studding sails.

In an effort to increase her speed, the French frigate's crew put out studding sails to catch more wind.

These are called studding sails, and are used with fair and light wind only.

For example, the main top studding sail.

The studding sail booms were lowered back into position; then came: "Down from aloft!"

Swiftly the studding sails were lowered and the booms rigged in, slid along the yards out of the way.

The Mexicana was similarly rigged, but did not carry topgallants or studding sails.

Sometimes a vessel might put out studding sails which would be fixed outboard of these sails along the yards.

She also flies studding sails (stun's'ls), rare on modern traditional sailing vessels.

Studding sails have also been used to increase the sail area of a fore-and-aft spanker, again by extending the upper spar.

In particular, studding sails or topping sails could be easily added for light airs or high speeds.

It would have been wonderful to send the royals yards aloft, and rig extra booms from the yards to carry studding sails.

Other extras include studding sails, the modern spanker (or tallboy), and some staysails and topsails.

Chapter Eighteen By sunrise the Jocasta was running westward under studding sails with a stiff north-east wind.

The ships flew a barque or ship rig of sail on three masts, including studding sails on fore and mainmasts.

In light breezes, the working square sails would be supplemented by studding sails ("stuns'l") out on the ends of the yardarms.

Set fore and maintop, hoist studding sails and skysails, crack on the main royal, yes, and flying jib too.

The main-mast and fore-mast both carried courses, topsails, topgallant sails, staysails, and studding sails.

Normally used to hold out the foot of the lower studding sails, they would now, Ramage hoped, act against the cliff face when they began hoisting the jackstay.

In light winds studding sails (pronounced "stunsls") may be carried on either side of any or all of the square rigged sails except royals and skysails.

Her masts called fore, main, and mizzen masts carried all in all a maximum of 43 sails as a full rigged ship with studding sails.

She was "heavily sparred and carried a main sky sail yard, and for many years she was the only vessel with studding sail booms running in the Australian trade".

By noon most well-found ships would be carrying all plain sail and making their maximum speed, while one of the King's ships in a hurry would cheerfully hoist out studding sails.

As soon as the men were out on the yards with the studding sail booms triced up out of the way he ordered the men on deck: 'Man the topsail sheets!'