Editing Brig (section)

==Rigging==
[[File:Brig3.png|thumb|left|A typical brig [[sail plan]]]]

In [[sailing]], a full-rigged ''brig'' is a vessel with two [[square rig]]ged [[mast (sailing)|masts]] (fore and main).<ref name="Sand">{{cite web|title=Schooner In The Sand|url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_schooner_tg_07-09-2002_92621_7.pdf| date=January 2002 |access-date= 2007-01-12}}</ref> The main mast of a brig is the aft one. To improve maneuverability, the mainmast carries a ([[gaff rig]]ged) [[fore-and-aft]] sail.<ref name="NJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.njscuba.net/artifacts/ship_sailing_ship.html|title=Sailing ships|access-date=2007-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113100740/http://www.njscuba.net/artifacts/ship_sailing_ship.html|archive-date=2007-01-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Brig sails are named after the masts to which they are attached: the [[mainsail]]; above that the main [[topsail]]; above that the main [[topgallant sail]]; and occasionally a very small sail, called the [[royal sail|royal]], is above that. Behind the main sail there is a small fore-and-aft sail called the [[spanker (sail)|spanker]] or [[Boom (sailing)|boom]] mainsail (it is somewhat similar to the main sail of a [[schooner]]). On the [[foremast]] is a similar sail, called the [[trysail]]. Attached to the respective [[yard (sailing)|yards]] of square-rigged ships are smaller spars, which can be extended, thus lengthening the yard, thus receiving an additional sailing wing on each side. These are called [[studding sail]]s, and are used with fair and light wind only. The wings are named after the sails to which they are fastened, i.e. the main studding sails, main top studding sails, and the main top gallant studding sails, etc.<ref name="Man">{{cite web| title=Man on the Ocean|author=R.M. Ballantyne| url= http://www.athelstane.co.uk/ballanty/manocean/ocean10.htm |access-date= 2007-01-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061011015913/http://www.athelstane.co.uk/ballanty/manocean/ocean10.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-10-11}}</ref>

A brig's foremast is smaller than the main mast. The fore mast holds a fore sail, fore top sail, fore top gallant sail, and fore royal. Between the fore mast and the [[bowsprit]] are the fore [[staysail]], [[jib]], and [[flying jib]]. All the yards are manipulated by a complicated arrangement of cordage named the "[[running rigging]]". This is opposed to the [[standing rigging]] which is fixed, and keeps mast and other objects rigid.<ref name="Man"/>