File:Sailboat on The Inland Sea, Japan - Detail (1914 by Elstner Hilton).jpg

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English: This is a close-up of the sailing ship in the larger photo in my photostream called "On The Inland Sea."

Unless I'm mistaken, which is possible, the rigging on this vessel marks it as a topsail schooner.

The mainmast, which is closer to the stern, has a fore-and-aft mainsail and gaff topsail.

The foremast, which is closer to the bow, is square rigged with two yards. A yard is a horizontal spar that crosses the mast. There is also a fore-and-aft sail on the foremast.

Whew!

Like many sailboats today, the schooner in this photo is carrying a dinghy on its stern.

You can see a figure on deck just behind the mainmast. It puts the ship in perspective: it isn't as big as it seems. The high freeboard and the rigging make the ship seem large.

The water shows very little wind effects; there is no bow wave; and the wake is faint. On that basis, I'd say she wasn't moving very fast when this photo was taken.

It would be wonderful to know her history.

From Elstner Hilton's album of photographs of Japan, 1914 to 1918.
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Source Detail - On The Inland Sea (Japan)
Author A.Davey from Portland, Oregon, EE UU
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  • Japan 1914 - 1918
    I own the originals of these unpublished family photos. ... As a salesman for Atkins Saw Company, Elstner Hilton traveled to the Far East to sell commercial sawmills in the early years of the 20th century. ... Elstner Hilton was my father-in-law Frank Hilton's* brother, which makes him my spouse's uncle. ...
    * Elstner Hilton's brother Frank Hilton compiled a scrapbook of photographs, clippings and other ephemera at Stanford University between 1907 and 1911. ...
    ps: I now have reason to believe that the photos of Japan may be stock photos that Uncle Elstner purchased and pasted into his album. There may be some exceptions: the images of his sister, Miriam, and photos of logging operations in the Phillippines.

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