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Ken Heaton, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Ken Heaton, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia is offline
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Default What type of sail rig is this?

On Feb 27, 8:20 pm, "Peter" wrote:
Just an addendum to this thread--I just saw an article in Oct 2006
Lats and att's about a Morgan 60 equal masted schooner s/v Ariel

Peter
s/v Now or Never!


I'd call it a schooner as well. There are many photos out there of 3,
4 and even 5 masted schooners, all masts the same height so one with 2
masts the same height fits the same definition. I always think of a
ketch as having a main mast and a mizzen (shorter aft) mast.

http://pacific4u.homestead.com/3_Mast_Schooner.jpg

http://www.victorychimes.com/

http://www.cruisemates.com/imgship/w...ynesia-220.jpg

this last link is a handy reference:

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/rigs.html