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"Jeanne" lifted the trapdoor, peered
around and wrote: Trying to find a true definition of a cutter as opposed to a sloop A cutter has two fore-sails. A Sloop is also know as a "Bermudan rig" Most Single-mast yachts could be Cutter rigged or Bermudan rigged. |
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Yachts and sailing ships nomenclature is quite complicated. Basically, take any boat and add or remove a sail (i.e., change the way
the sails are rigged) and now the boats definition has changed. E.g., Adding a headsail changes a sloop into a cutter. I.e., It becomes "Cutter rigged." Whether a sailboat is a cutter or a sloop depends on how it is rigged. Take a sloop and add a second head sail and it becomes a cutter. Take a sloop, add a small mast abaft the sternpost and it becomes a yawl. Take a sloop and add a small mast forward of the sternpost and it becomes a ketch. Sloop-A single-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a single headsail set from the forestay. Cutter-A single-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with two headsails. Ketch-Two-masted boats, the after mast shorter, but with a ketch the after mast is forward of the sternpost Yawl-A sailboat with two masts, the after mast shorter, and set abaft the sternpost. Schooner-A sailing ship with at least 2 masts (foremast and mainmast) with the mainmast being the taller. Topsail Schooner- A schooner with a square rigged sail on forward mast Here are some pictures of different rigs: http://www.givemeweb.com/bwmw/library/yachtrigs.html "Jeanne" wrote in message ... Hi Guys....... Trying to find a true definition of a cutter as opposed to a sloop. As I have always understood it, a sloop has its mast stepped at 2/5ths of the distance from the waterline of the bow to the waterline of the stern - waterline being the key. And a cutter has its mast halfway between the waterline of the bow to the waterline of the stern. But the other definition I find is that a sloop is 2/5ths of the overall length while a cutter is 1/2 that distance including the usual bow sprint. Who's correct here? Thanks, Bruce |
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"steveb" wrote in message
"Jeanne" lifted the trapdoor, peered around and wrote: Trying to find a true definition of a cutter as opposed to a sloop A cutter has two fore-sails. A Sloop is also know as a "Bermudan rig" Don't think so. "Bermudan" refers to the triangular masthead mainsail, as opposed to a quadrilateral gaff-rigged main. snip John |
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