single-masted
One vertical beam
Single-masted describes a boat or ship with one mast.
Most small sailboats are single-masted: a single-masted sloop, a single-masted cutter.
The term distinguishes simpler rigs from vessels with two or more masts, like schooners or ketches.
One-masted fore-and-aft rigger
- cutterOne who severs
- catboatFore-masted single-sail craft
- dinghySmall auxiliary watercraft
- sailboatWind-propelled watercraft
yacht · daysailer · knockabout · gaff-rigged · ketch · yawl · tender · skiff
Principal vessel canvas
sheet · forestay · backstay · shroud · spreader · gooseneck · outhaul · reefing
sloop
One-masted fore-and-aft rigger
sailboat · yacht · daysailer · knockabout · gaff-rigged · ketch · yawl · tender · skiff · centerboard
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
halyard · sheet · forestay · backstay · shroud · spreader · gooseneck · outhaul · reefing · furling
solo
Performance by one
- simplicityLack of complexity
- manageableAble to be controlled
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
learn · handling · tacking · jibing · trim · point · heel · weather · leeward · windward
dhow
Arab trading vessel
shallop · cog · trading · fishing · coastal · merchant · explorer · colonial · traditional · lateen
single-mastedmulti-masted
Having several vertical spars
double-masted · two-masted · three-masted · schooner · brig
single, mast, masted, singly, singles, singled, singling, singleton, singular