He said he admires how the single lateen sail looks as it pulls the boat along. “This almost captures the beauty of the old pirate ships,” he said. Short hopes his design will bring more ...

In the 16th century, explorers’ sailing ships were the backbone of the Age of Exploration, enabling voyages across vast oceans to discover new lands, establish trade routes, and map the unknown world.

The vessel drawing all the stares is the 20-foot sailboat Flying Lateen, and what makes it noteworthy is a new type of mast and sail rig of the same name.

This has been successfully accomplished by the adoption of the lateen triangular sail especially rigged and designed by H ... (against 29,348 ships and 9,136,560 tons in the previous edition ...

LATEEN SAILS can make a successful seasonal bow in a hot-looking betfair.com Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park today.

Lateen Sails can make a successful seasonal bow in a hot-looking betfair.com Brigadier Gerard Stakes (7.15) at Sandown Park tomorrow.