Description
The Brig two masted vessel square rigged on both masts and differentiated from the snow rig by the absence of a trysail mast and having the trysail (also known as a spencer or spanker or driver hoisted on the aft side of the main mast. The brig is a very old and efficient sailing rig, and the class was still in use up to the very end of commercial sailing ships.
Only a few brigs were built in Nova Scotia yards, but they were very common in European waters.
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