Building A Sky-Pirate Amazon Kitesail Airship

This is how I do it in my mind.

"Deck": group of flying carpets, joined by a network of rigging, to make a trampoline.

Above and below this are curved, slanted masts of something flexible, bamboo or willow.

These point toward the stern, like porcupine quills.

These slanted, curved, flexible masts have fore-and-aft rigged "lateen" sails.

These sails are triangular, and look Indian or Arabian.

These are both above and below the magic carpet-slash-trampoline "deck" of the ship.

In addition, the airship has "rigid" masts that are perpendicular to the deck.

Like a postcard laying flat, with pencils stuck through it, and porcupine quills.

The "rigid" perpendicular masts are covered with flat airfoils, instead of sails.

These airfoil "sails" are like paper airplanes stacked on a dowel, all shapes.

Often they are simply rectangular, but they can be boxes or triangles or whatever.

Like a 19th century seven-winged glider, crossed with an Arabian pirate ship.

With a trampoline made of flying carpets and rigging for a "deck".

With two semi-rigid tents, fore and aft, as quarters or "cabins" for crew and captain.

Above and below the deck, in the rigging, there are hammocks and ropewalks.

Sloop

Ketch

Galley

Caravel

Carrack

Galleon

Schooner

Frigate