Spritsail

Okay kiddo, have you seen a big ship sailing on the ocean before? They have big sails that catch the wind and help move the ship forward, right? Well, one of those sails is called the spritsail.

Imagine you have a long stick that is attached to the ship’s mast and it goes diagonally to the front of the ship. This stick is called the sprit. The spritsail is a triangle-shaped sail that is attached to the sprit and the mast.

When the wind blows, it fills up the spritsail and pushes the ship forward. The sailors can adjust the angle of the sprit and spritsail to catch the wind in the best way possible.

The spritsail was really popular back in the olden days when ships didn’t have engines. Sailors had to rely on the wind to get them where they needed to go. The spritsail was a very effective way to catch the wind and make the ship go faster.

Now you know about the spritsail, pretty neat huh?