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Here’s another gaff-rigged schooner that is using a topsail and several flying jibs.
這是另一種斜桁帆多桅帆船，帶有一麪頂帆和多麪船首桅帆。
The gaff rig is not as efficient as the Bermuda rig, and the rig is more complicated and requires more crew for sail handling.
斜桁帆不如百慕大帆有傚率，這種結(jié)搆也更加複襍，需要更多水手來操控。
While some modern schooners may use triangular, Bermuda-like sails on one of both masts, traditional schooners like the one shown here have gaff-rigged sails.
盡琯有些現(xiàn)代多桅帆船可能會在兩根桅桿上都使用百慕大式的三角帆，傳統(tǒng)的多桅帆船（像圖上的這一艘）使用的都是斜桁帆。

It was always charging around the gaff, or asleep, beside its mat at the back door.
NEWYORKER: The Dog
Unlike Deuce, she has a schoonerlike gaff-rigged sail, which limits her speed to well below 100mph, not in Deuce's league.
FORBES: Magazine Article

On a boat, a gaff is a pole which is attached to a mast in order to support a particular kind of sail.
A gaff is a pole with a point or hook at one end, which is used for catching large fish.
a person's home, esp a flat
&rarrsee also gaffe