What is Bermuda rig?
[[File:Sloop Example Other.svg |thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Typical Bermuda rigged [[sloop]]}}]] A '''Bermuda rig''', also called a '''Marconi rig''', is a [[fore-and-aft rig]] that uses a [[Triangle|triangular]] [[mainsail]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bermuda+rig |title=Bermuda rig |website=The Free Dictionary |publisher=Farlex |access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> The sail is usually attached to a [[Parts of a sail|boom]] at its [[Parts of a sail|foot]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Sailing_Rigs.html#Bermudan |title=Bermudan |publisher=Do It Yourself Wooden Boat |access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> It has a number of [[wikt:variation|variation]]s. Due to the [[physics]] of the wind, the tall thin sails of the Bermudian rigs have more power sailing into the wind than other types.<ref name=LochhaasABT>{{cite web |url=http://sailing.about.com/od/typesofsailboats/ss/Sailboatrigs.htm |title=Types of Sailboats and Rigs |author=By Tom Lochhaas |website=About Sports |publisher=About, Inc |access-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021042023/http://sailing.about.com/od/typesofsailboats/ss/Sailboatrigs.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> This is why it is such a popular rig with modern [[sailboat]]s.<ref name=LochhaasABT/> It was called a Marconi rig after the [[inventor]] [[Guglielmo Marconi]] because its system of [[mast]] [[stays (nautical)|stays]] that looked like the early [[wireless]] masts.<ref>Richard Mayne, ''The Language of Sailing'' (Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000), p. 182</ref> However, the name Bermuda rig was in use two [[centuries]] earlier.<ref name=BrewerYL>{{cite web |url=http://www.yachting-life.net/new%20index/frames2/yacht_rigs.htm |title=sailing vessel rigs |author=Ted Brewer |publisher=yachting-life.net |access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> It came from the late 1600s when [[Europe]]an [[sailor]]s noticed how well the small sloops in [[Bermuda]] worked.<ref name=BrewerYL/> == His