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A bentinck sail is a triangular shaped main course with a single clew at the foot of the sail. The sheet is made down to the centreline of the vessel.

Occasionally the sail would have a short foot spread with a short boom called a Bentinck boom but still with a single sheet.

The the sail gave advantages in heavy weather, obviating the need to raise tacks and sheets when going about and enabling a good view of most of the vessel from aft when manoeuvring. NG

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