The Balance Lug comes as near the square sail of as any canvas used on small
boats, but you can see, by referring to the diagram, Fig. 127, that the leach
and the luff are not parallel and that the gaff hangs at an angle. To boom out
the canvas and make it sit flat there are three sticks extended across the sail
from the front to the back, luff to leach, called battens. This has caused some
people to call this a batten lug. Like the lateen sail, part of the balance lug
hangs before the mast and serves the purpose of a jib. This rig is said to be
easily managed and to possess good sailing qualities.
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