fore and aft

About two dozen or more yachts make use of it, among them being steamers and vessels of every method of fore-and-aft rig.

She is a fore-and-aft schooner of one hundred and ten tons, said to have been built at Baltimore.

He is not like a new hand altogether, having already had two years' experience in a fore-and-aft craft.

Jib-topsail: A triangular sail set on the fore-topmast stay of fore-and-aft vessels.

Jack-yard: A small yard used to extend the foot of a fore-and-aft balloon topsail that extends beyond the end of the gaff.