luggers
Lugsail-rigged fishing vessels
Luggers is the plural of lugger, a small sailing vessel rigged with one or more lugsails—four-cornered sails set on a yard that hangs obliquely from the mast.
Luggers were widely used for fishing and coastal trade, and gained notoriety as smuggling boats along the English and French coasts in the 18th and 19th centuries: The luggers slipped into the cove under cover of darkness.
Illegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- blockade runnersShips evading naval cordons
Napoleonic · 18th century · brandy · tobacco · wool trade · coves · caves · free traders
Linear measure or grounds
- mastVessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- tackingAngled sailing maneuver
- runningSwift foot travel
close-hauled · windward · leeward · crew · helm · sheets · halyard · boom
smuggling
Illegal covert transport
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
blockade runners · Napoleonic · 18th century · brandy · tobacco · wool trade · coves · caves · free traders
yard
Linear measure or grounds
running · close-hauled · windward · leeward · crew · helm · sheets · halyard · boom · canvas
sailing boats
Wind-driven water vessels
- fishing boatsVessels for catching seafood
- trawlersCommercial fishing boats
- smacksSharp open-handed hits
drifters · gaff-rigged · masts · hulls · keels · bowsprits · gunwales · decks · anchors · moorings
luggerssquare-riggers
Ships with horizontal-yard sails
barques · brigs · clippers · ships of the line · schooners
luggerssteamships
Engine-driven water vessels
steamers · motorboats · powerboats · tugboats · ironclads
luggersmen-of-war
Armed military vessels
galleons · ships of the line · frigates · battleships · ocean liners