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A moonsail, also known as a moonraker, hope-in-heaven, or hopesail, is a sail flown immediately above the skysail (see sail-plan) on the very top of the royal mast on large, square rigged sailing ships of the clipper era. None of the four and five masted square-rigged ships carried a moonsail.

This is a relatively unusual sail only used on ships built primarily for speed.

Sails, spars and rigging
Sails	Course \| Driver \| Extra \| Genoa \| Gennaker \| Jib \| Lateen \| Mainsail \| Moonsail \| Royal \| Skysail \| Spanker \| Spinnaker \| Spritsail \| Staysail \| Studding \| Tallboy \| Topgallant \| Topsail \| Trysail
Sail anatomy and materials	Clew \| Foot \| Head \| Leech \| Luff \| Roach \| Tack \| Dacron \| Kevlar \| Twaron
Spars	Boom \| Bowsprit \| Fore-mast \| Gaff \| Jackstaff \| Jigger-mast \| Jury Rig \| Main-mast \| Mast \| Mizzen-mast \| Masthead truck \| Spinnaker pole \| Topmast \| Yard
Rigging components	Backstay \| Block \| Boom vang \| Braces \| Buntlines \| Cleat \| Clevis pin \| Clewlines \| Cunningham \| Downhaul \| Forestay \| Gasket \| Gooseneck \| Guy \| Halyard \| Outhaul \| Parrel beads \| Peak \| Preventer \| Ratlines \| Running rigging \| Shackle \| Standing rigging \| Sheet \| Shroud \| Stay mouse \| Stays \| Throat \| Topping lift \| Trapeze

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