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YACHTS

If you're looking to buy or rent a yacht, you will most likely know all about the four main types of yacht that are available. For the uninitiated they are as follows:

The Sloop - this has a single mast and is a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all It has a single headsail set from the forestay. This is the most common type of yacht and has the basic design for most modern boats. A sloop will usually carry a spinnaker for going downwind.

The Ketch - this has two masts and is a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped aft of a taller mainmast but forward of the rudder. If it has two masts it is a ketch or a yawl. With a ketch, the mast is in front of the rudder. These elegant boats can be a bit of a handful to sail.

The Yawl is a two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel, similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger - or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. It is sometimes called a dandy. The yawl is a distinctive boat, usually having a small mast perched on the stern. Often these are seen out in gale force winds with only the storm jib and the mizzenmast rigged.

The Schooner is a fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts. The ketch and Yawl both have two masts, but the smaller mast is usually at the stern. With the Schooner the smaller mast is usually at the front. Schooners are usually tall Ships or luxury yachts.

there are lots of resources available on the Internet to help you with your yacht, but the following topics may help you to find what you're looking for:

Being on a yacht with a large wind behind you is an exhilarating experience and for those people that are unaccustomed to these sea-going vessels, it's an impressive experience.

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