Comments on: What Type of Sailboat is This?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 02:54:24 +0000

Schooner, I agree with Rich!
But the picture of a “Ketch”, is really a cutter rigged ketch. A simple ketch doesn’t have two headsails

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 02:17:07 +0000

Schooner Cat

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:01:38 +0000

Some guy in California has a catamaran like this for sale: https://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/87846

By: Capt Scott

Capt Scott — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:07:29 +0000

In reply to Stewart Cameron. Structurally it is a chore to put a mast in the middle of a bridge deck is the the standard practice with Cats. This design has advantages in that the masts are located on the hull like a monohull. I would think ease of sailing with the self tacking and apparent in boom furling would be attractive to many.

By: Stewart Cameron

Stewart Cameron — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:23:19 +0000

In reply to STEVEN C MILLER. Bingo, Steven! Exactly right! You and the others who called it a biplane or bi-foil, are spot on. It is NOT a schooner, which by definition has a leading mast and sail, as well as a trailing mast and sail of similar proportions. It's an issue of Front and Back (Schooner) versus Side by Side (Bi-foil) in the photo, or as in a biplane, Above and Below. The main purpose is to get more lift than from a single wing, just like Snoopy's Sopwith Camel biplane! And, people might buy it, simply because it looks so cool, seems unique, and is effective.

By: Stewart Cameron

Stewart Cameron — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:05:02 +0000

The Correct Answer Is: Your photo is of a bilateral (or parallel) gaff-rigged, top-sail-less catamaran. It’s kind of like a WWI biplane lying on its side in the water, with the bilateral wings sticking straight up. Instead of a double head-sail sloop or cutter, it’s a double-mainsail rig! The closer the parallel sails are (to a point) to each other, they can create a lot of lift, in part by creating a “Venturi Effect”.
And, by the way, your photo of a “cutter” is not really a true cutter; instead, the photo is of a double-headsail sloop. A true cutter has the mast stepped at, or behind, the center of balance of the entire boat, usually above the center of balance of the keel, so the headsails pull it upwind, and the mainsail balances the boat at the helm, so a true cutter is a perfectly balanced single-hander’s boat, flies upwind better than a schooner, and is a breeze to sail (no pun intended) on most points, except watch out for the accidental jibes down-wind! For the purists, a standard wind-surfer is the purest form of cutter, where all sails are combined into one sail, which is centered exactly at the center of gravity of the combined weights of the boat and the sailor. And, two windsurfers riding closely in parallel can create the synergistic Venturi Effect, so both sailors can mutually increase their speed through the water. I’ve done it many times for over 40 years.

By: john colley

john colley — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 02:29:29 +0000

from the angle, i’d call that a square headed bi plane cat.

By: Kay Brec

Kay Brec — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:43:57 +0000

Catamaran

By: Scott Bonomi

Scott Bonomi — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:31:51 +0000

It falls under the general cat definition, and those appear to be freestanding masts,
Probably stolen from a freedom 44 schooner.

By: Jeffrey Kovite

Jeffrey Kovite — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:22:36 +0000

This is a cat boat with a junk rig