Thanks for the heads up. I guess that explains the big white sheets they
hung up. I thought maybe they were speed boats since they kept using the
motors. Gee whiz. Glad a genius like you took the time to respond.

A sloop is a single masted sailboat. A schooner is a double masted boat
with the masts of the same size. That's what the Orpheus was--the black,
leaky, death boat. A ketch has two masts, the smaller one in the stern.
That's what Rhea and John were sailing. What we really want to know is who
the manufacturer was and what size it was.

Thanks for being an asshole.

"Claxton" wrote in message
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Greetings to all

My wife and I just bought the movie Dead Calm, we haven't seen it in about
ten years now and have gained a great intrest in sailing since then. We
were wondering what type of boat is in the movie and how big it is. We are
disagreeing on how big she is.

Thanks for any replies.