Hi
I saw on many ships spritsail on bowsprit , but I don't understand how did they open that sail they are usually above martingale and bobstay. I saw on Wikipedia that spritsails are not so common they kick them out because jibs, it Is logical because if you put martingales and bobstay they could not be there, and especially sail couldn't be open.
Can somebody explain it to me like I said if you look at many models they have spritsail and below martingales no way you could open that sail only in almost horizontal position