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What type of sail rig is this?
On Feb 18, 5:30 pm, Paul Cassel
wrote: KLC Lewis wrote: "Paul Cassel" wrote in message ... Harbin Osteen wrote: I'm a big fan of Cat-Ketch type of sail rigs, but in a artical I read about the Mari-Cha IV, it is a type of sloop, but both mast are the same. What is this type of rig called? Mari-Cha IV: http://www.mari-cha4.com/pub/frameset.php Fits into no defined category. If I had to fit it, I'd call it a schooner. I sure won't defend that label, though. I'd say either schooner or ketch, since when both masts are the same height it's hard to find any definitive definition, as Paul says. Considering that it carries modern sails with a modern hull form, "Ketch" probably fits better than "Schooner." I once got a bit of a lecture from some old salt who said that a schooner's masts can be the same height. We can also argue that a ketch's mizzen is always shorter than the main. http://www.answers.com/topic/schooner This definition backs up that old salt. -paul- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Also right |
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