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"Mundo" wrote in message
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:23:36 -0500, sailirc wrote
(in article IX7xh.8816$VY5.5727@trnddc08):


Great Boat. I did to full (back and forth) trans atlantics and up and
down
east coast a dozen times. One of my favorite charges... I have only
captained
one other boat I would rather own. Nordhavn 62. I did a delivery to the
V.I's
Last year. Wow. Mini ship!

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What footage is it to be classified as a yacht 60ft?



Don't really care.
I seem to remember that a yacht held a dinghy, a boat held a yacht, and a
ship carried a boat. I'm sure that is wrong but you get the idea.

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This is what I found then I also found that the cutoff is 100ft then its a
small ship so who knows


Used to be a 3 masted, square rigged vessel was a ship, in the 19th C. Prior
to that description may have had lots to do with the hull of the vessel
distinguishing from a Flyut, a Cat, Frigate, or Sloop ( all of them could
have been square rigged on 3 masts - from the 17th to 18th cent.
Ships were technically classed if they were powered, and the means of
propulsion, ( MV ( motor vessel ) vs SS, ( Steam Ship) and many MVs are
large cargo carriers that would be categorized as a ship in addition to
being tow boats, or tug boats and a wide number of other types as well.
Of late FV denotes a fishing vessel .

The British Navy rated their ships by not just rig but also by decks and the
number of guns they carried, thus a 3 masted square rigged single decked
vessel is technically a sloop.
A two decked vessel would be a frigate. or maybe not. and then you get into
the rates, 6th rate, 5th rate, and so on.

I guess its a matter of size and power but I have often wondered
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