The International Association of Amateur Heralds

Not my preferred choice!

Chris Green wrote:I'm not sure I could draft a blazon that would guarantee that the emblazonment resembled the picture.

I am prepared to give it a go -

"Azure three triangular sails argent billowing towards the sinister the middle sail larger and overlapping the outside two."

Notes -

I am sure that 'triangular sails' could be replaced with 'lateen sails'. However, this would require one to look up a traditional dictionary for a definition.

(A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction.)

Billowing - from the verb 'to billow' meaning 'to fill with air and swell outwards'.

Regards,

Iain Boyd

The representation reminds me of three overlapping jib sails but that configuration is strange to me.
Stick with "...triangular sails argent billowing..." which is an excellent and graphic description, Iain, and leave the rest to the artist.

What distresses me most is that the winner receives NKr25,000 (£2300 US$3,090). But we are amateurs! Money means nothing to us. Sob ....

Bruce E Weller wrote:Stick with "...triangular sails argent billowing..." which is an excellent and graphic description, Iain, and leave the rest to the artist.

My thoughts too. To avoid ambiguity, I'd suggest "three triangular sails in fess Argent", lest an artist thinks they might be placed 2 and 1.