"Claxton" wrote
A schooner is a double masted boat
At LEAST 2 masts. Can be more.
with the masts of the same size.
The fore mast can be shorter.
That's what the Orpheus was--the black,
leaky, death boat. A ketch has two masts, the smaller one in the
stern.
But ahead of the rudder post, otherwise it's a Yawl.
That's what Rhea and John were sailing. What we really want to know
is who
the manufacturer was and what size it was.
Sorry, don't know. Like the movie though.
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Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_
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