Riggings ideas

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The box rudder sail would have to be modified for a ship designed to land in
water, removing the bottom sail and raising the side sails above where the
water line would be.  However, for a ship designed to land on land, the
landing struts would simply have to be long enough so that the Box Rudder
didn't interfere with landing.

A Box Rudder by itself can turn a ship to point in any direction, but it
can't roll the ship, so it would complement the Bow Planes.

Box Rudders and Bow Planes enable a small number of crewmen to maneuver a
ship, and from inside the protection of the hull.  They aren't the only
method of rigging a small ship by a long shot but they'd be less
trouble than many to fit on Carrier craft which have to be stored in a
small area.

Michael Sandy