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  2. Ketch - Wikipedia

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    The ketch's main mast is usually stepped further forward than the position found on a sloop. [3] The sail plan of a ketch is similar to that of a yawl, on which the mizzen mast is smaller and set further back. There are versions of the ketch rig that only have a mainsail and a mizzen, in which case they are referred to as cat ketch. More ...

  3. List of large sailing yachts - Wikipedia

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    2-mast (ketch rig) steel hull with aluminium flybridge Sea Eagle II: 81.00 m (266 ft) Royal Huisman: Dykstra Naval Architects: 2020: 3-mast aluminium schooner with flybridge Mirabella V: 77.60 m (255 ft) Vosper Thornycroft: Ron Holland: 2004: 1-mast (sloop rig) aramid foam core/vinylester sandwich flybridge, refitted at Pendennis in 2014 Badis ...

  4. Swan 65 - Wikipedia

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    The Swan 65 is a large fibreglass fin+keeled masthead ketch- or sloop-rigged sailing yacht design, manufactured by Nautor's Swan. It was introduced as the new flagship of Nautor in 1973. It was introduced as the new flagship of Nautor in 1973.

  5. Motorsailer - Wikipedia

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    While a sailing yacht will often be rigged as a Bermuda rigged-sloop or cutter (both types having a single mast), the motorsailer will more likely have a multi-masted split-rig sail-plan, such as a ketch, yawl or schooner, to provide ease of sail handling and better balance of forces in heavy weather. [2]

  6. Sloop - Wikipedia

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    A Bermuda sloop, the most common version of the sloop in modern sailing vessels [1]: 52 Gaff rigged sloop, 1899. In modern usage, a sloop is a sailboat with a single mast [2] generally having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail abaft (behind) the mast. It is a type of fore-and-aft rig.

  7. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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    A Mediterranean sailing ship, typically three-masted, lateen-rigged and powered also by oars, with a characteristic overhanging bow and stern Yacht A recreational boat or ship, sail or powered Yawl A yawl is a two masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with the mizzen mast positioned abaft (behind) the rudder stock

  8. Comparison of large sloops - Wikipedia

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    Sail Area: summed upwind surface area of mainsail and headsails in square metres Displacement : displaced volume of water, upright, at rest, in metric tonnes Hull material: build material of the hull

  9. Mirabella V - Wikipedia

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    The owner specifications combined fast sailing with motoryacht amenities. [4] M5 has achieved speeds in excess of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) in 8 1/2 ft seas. [1] To achieve the amenity requirements, a single mast was preferred to other rig types in order to maximize interior volumes in keel-stepped sailing yachts; To achieve the performance requirements, the higher aspect ratio of the single ...