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Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 6 May 2000 21:51:07 GMT
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On Sat, 6 May 2000, Bruce Schlickbernd (<Fu5MI1.M3F@lugnet.com>) wrote
at 20:06:01
> In lugnet.pirates, Shiri Dori writes:
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> > FWIW...
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> > From GuruNet:
> > "ketch (kĕch)
> > n. Nautical.
> > A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped
> > aft of a taller mainmast but
> > forward of the rudder."
> If the mizzenmast was placed
> aft of the of the rudder (and most likely it would be a smaller mast than on a
> ketch), it would be a yawl.
I'm curious now.
If a mast is aft of the rudder, isn't it in the sea?
--
Tony Priestman
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 | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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| (...) a (...) Not necessarily. While it isn't necessarily anything of a statement about real ships, take a look at the Skull's Eye Schooner. The mizzenmast is just about above the tail edge of the rudder. I looked through my ship books, and didn't (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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| (...) a (...) That entirely depends on where the rudder is in relation to the extreme above- waterline stern. If you have sufficient rear overhang, the rudder-post (which is what counts here) will be forward of that. I've always felt yawls look (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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| (...) My son and I get out the glove and baseball and play ketch. No? (...) From the front to the back: foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast. The mizzenmast is aft (rear of ship) of the mainmast. This being a two-masted ship (all at once, "that means it's (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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