Everything about Spanker Sail totally explained
A
spanker is either of two kinds of
sail.
On a
square rigged ship, the
spanker is a
gaff rigged
fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost
mast. Almost all square rigs with more than one mast have one or two spankers, which evolved from the
driver sail. Some also carry a
topsail above the uppermost or only spanker, called the
gaff sail. A spanker in this situation is often 'soft footed' in that it has no boom to which it's attached at its foot.
On a racing or cruising
yacht, a
spanker is an additional
headsail set beside and to
windward of a
spinnaker when running downwind. It is often of bright colours to match the particular spinnaker with which it's designed to be used, is relatively narrow, and is sometimes called a
tallboy.
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