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Subject: 
Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
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Date: 
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:

FWIW...

From GuruNet:
"ketch (k&#277;ch)
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



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)

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  Re: Uncertain Definition of a Ship Type...?
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.pirates)

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