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[Sumpter250]

Thanks you very much to all for the explanation into sail ships and ship model building. Very good looking models of great craftsmanship, all!
Hewever there is a question. Because there are double yards on three masts of the four masted "Brilliant"? I think that there are to set one sail at each yard. And than two yards nearly at some position?

Finally got time to do a little research on "Brilliant". Each of those yards, on each of the first three masts, carried one sail each.
I do not remember seeing that in the American Clipper Ships, so was a bit unsure.
Looks to me that the lower of the "two yards" was fixed, and the upper one of the pair, was lifted up to deploy its sail.
This might have been arranged that way so less men were needed aloft, to manage all the sails.
I still haven't found any "explanations", so I'm only guessing.