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Furled square sails

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A web search for square sail furling included the following statements.
1) Crew members ease the sheets and haul on buntlines, clew lines, and leech lines from the deck. These lines pull the bottom and sides of the sail up toward and onto the top of the yard
2)Working together, they lift the bulk of the canvas—often likened to rolling a large bundle or "burrito"—and rest it squarely on top of the yard.

The first seems to suggest the clew lines etc. pass over the yard on their route from sail to deck rather than directly from sail to block and down.
The second seems to suggest that models rigged with bundles of sail below the yard are incorrect.
Fake news?
 
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