An enlightening visit yesterday aboard 132' Training Tall Ship MATTHEW TURNER in Sausalito. Rigging is nearly complete. Looks like still much to do, especially below decks.
What is the sail above and behind the mainsail named?
1. Moonraker
2. Badger
3. Course
4. Ringtail
5. Donkey
Nothing like having Stan Honey for knowledgeable accompaniment. We were both gimping: Stan healing from a torn hamstring, me with knee replacement. We both tried balancing on one foot, part of our PT exercises.
Here's Stan showing position of something yet to be installed at the MATTHEW TURNER's binnacle. Is the missing part (or parts)
1) Quadrantal Balls for horizontal compass correction.
2) Kelvin Balls, red and green, for horizontal compass deviation correction.
3) Flinders Bar, for vertical compass correction.
4) A small bronze tribute statuary of Trim, Flinder's intrepid cat, first to circumnavigate Australia.
The MATTHEW TURNER has 4 yards on her foremast. That would make her square rigged (on the foremast.) Is the MATTHEW TURNER rigged as a
1. Barque
2. Barquentine
3. Brig
4. Brigantine
5. Revenue Schooner Tallship
First to answer all 3 correctly wins free membership and coveted Capitola Boat Club burgee.