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

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"Harbin Osteen" wrote in
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What is this type of rig called?


Cutter Cat Ketch?

or just call it......Expensive...(c;

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On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:18:04 -0500, Larry wrote:

Cutter Cat Ketch?

It's not a cat ketch because it has a headsail (jib). Two or more
masts of equal height, one with the foremast shorter make it a
schooner unless it has square yards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schooner

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.

"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
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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."

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

On Feb 18, 5:30 pm, Paul Cassel
wrote:
KLC Lewis wrote:
"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
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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 -

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Also right

In "KLC Lewis" writes:


"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
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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."

The schooner has two or more masts with he rear mast higher or as high
than the previous ones. Ketch has a mainmast in front and a shorter
mizzen.

- Lauri Tarkkonen

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
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The schooner has two or more masts with he rear mast higher or as high
than the previous ones. Ketch has a mainmast in front and a shorter
mizzen.

- Lauri Tarkkonen


All well and good, but what of the Freedom "Cat Ketch," which has two masts
of the same size?

On Feb 22, 10:11 am, "KLC Lewis" wrote:

"Lauri Tarkkonen" wrote in message
The schooner has two or more masts with he rear mast higher or as high
than the previous ones. Ketch has a mainmast in front and a shorter
mizzen.

All well and good, but what of the Freedom "Cat Ketch," which has two masts
of the same size?

I've kept out of this discussion so far but let me add here that the
East Coast racer "Frog Kiss," a Freedom 44 cat ketch, added a jib to
the front of his boat making it... well, I dunno, kinda like what's
being discussed here. Personally, I call this little blade of a sail a
"jiblet" and still call the boat a cat ketch. But that's just me.

The Freedom 39 is generally called a cat schooner cuz the foremast is
shorter than the aft mast; but the ones with the masts the same size
are called cat ketches.

My $.02,

Frank