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  2. Ketch - Wikipedia

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    A ketch is a two-masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast), [1] and whose mizzen mast is stepped forward of the rudder post. The mizzen mast stepped forward of the rudder post is what distinguishes the ketch from a yawl, which has its mizzen mast stepped aft of its rudder post. In the 19th and 20th centuries ...

  3. Category:Two-masted ships - Wikipedia

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    Ships with two masts. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. B. Brigantines ... (boat) U. HNLMS Urania (1928) HNLMS Urania ...

  4. List of large sailing yachts - Wikipedia

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    2-mast auxiliary gaff wooden pinisi, hull built in Indonesia Aquarius II: 65.00 m (213 ft) Royal Huisman: Dykstra Naval Architects: 2024: 2-mast (ketch rig) aluminium Adix: 64.85 m (213 ft) Astilleros de Mallorca: Arthur Holgate, Dykstra Naval Architects: 1984: 3-mast topsail steel schooner Jessica, modernised at Pendennis in 1991 Pilar Rossi ...

  5. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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    (Portuguese) A much smaller, two, sometimes three-masted ship Carrack Three or four masted ship, square-rigged forward, lateen-rigged aft; 14th–16th century successor to the cog Cartel A small boat used to negotiate between enemies Catboat A sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward (i.e., near the bow of the boat ...

  6. Mast (sailing) - Wikipedia

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    Roman two-masted ship, its foremast showing a typically strong forward rake. The oldest evidence for the use of masts comes from the Ubaid period site of H3 in Kuwait, dating to the second half of the sixth millennium BC. Here, a clay disc made from a sherd that appears to depict a reed bundle boat with two masts has been recovered. [13]

  7. Brig - Wikipedia

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    The word brig has been used in the past as an abbreviation of brigantine (which is the name for a two-masted vessel with foremast fully square rigged and her mainmast rigged with both a fore-and-aft mainsail, square topsails and possibly topgallant sails). The brig actually developed as a variant of the brigantine.

  8. List of large sailing vessels - Wikipedia

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    Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships.

  9. Ticonderoga (ketch) - Wikipedia

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    She was known under the name of Tioga II until 1946. [2] [3] As a ketch, Ticonderoga features two masts: a taller main mast towards the bow and a shorter mizzen mast towards the stern. This sail configuration allows for versatility and improved handling in different wind conditions.