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A British schooner docked in Port Royal.
- "Me ship was a tidy little schooner name of Cobra."
- ―Hector Barbossa to pirates assembled at Shipwreck Cove
A schooner (pronounced /ˈskuːnər/) was a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts. Schooners were first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century.
Rigging[]
Schooners were rigged in a very useful fashion. From the bowsprit, there usually were one or two jib sails, with a fore-staysail. The foremast always has either a gaff-sail or a triangular bermuda sail, same with the shorter mainmast, and if it has one, the mizzenmast. There can also be additional staysails and square sails. This type of fore and aft rig makes the schooner one of the best vessels for tacking, and sailing very close to the wind. This gives the schooner a distinct advantage if an enemy has the wind on "their" side, and can therefore chase prize merchant vessels at angles of wind that are uncomfortably slow for them.
Notable schooners[]
Behind the scenes[]
- Schooners first appear in the 2003 video game Pirates of the Caribbean.[citation needed]
- The 74-foot Antigua-based schooner St. Peter appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,[4][5] played Shrimper's ship in Dead Man's Chest, and one of the background ships in Tortuga in At World's End.[6][7]
- In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's early screenplay draft for The Curse of the Black Pearl, the Black Pearl was described as both a schooner and a galleon.[8]
Appearances[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean (2003 video game)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
- The Price of Freedom
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Kingdom Hearts III (Non-canonical appearance)
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Four, Cutler Beckett
- ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Two, Lady Esmeralda
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl credits
- ↑ Schooner St. Peter to be in Pirate Sequel
- ↑ POTC2 PressKit, p. 37
- ↑ «Святой Пётр» - русский корабль из фильма «Пираты Карибского моря» - "Saint Peter" is a Russian ship from the film "Pirates of the Caribbean".
- ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio