Assertion: galleon | /r/CapableOf | introduce the use of the lateen rig
Facets:
value: to sail on a tack
type: PURPOSE
value: over long voyages
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The galleons solidified the place of the square-rig and the centrally situated tallest main-masts and the slightly shorter fore-masts of a square-rigged ship characteristic of the 16th–19th centuries, but introduced the use of the lateen rig to sail closer to the wind on a tack than could a square-rigged vessel—an important attribute in restricted waters, but more so over long voyages where holding a few compass points closer to the wind might save hundreds of miles and days or weeks of sailing 'beating into the wind'.