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5 mph. The North River Steamboat or North River, colloquially known as the Clermont, is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam propulsion for commercial water transportation. [2] Built in 1807, the North River Steamboat operated on the Hudson River – at that time often known as the North River ...
The Alerion Express 19 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a single sail catboat rig with an aluminum, or optional carbon fiber mast. The hull has a plumb stem, plumb transom, a kick-up transom-hung rudder with a false rudder head controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a centerboard.
A spritsail rig depicted in Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) Winslow Homer's classic depiction of a catboat. Because the Woods Hole spritsail boat's sailing rig comprises both a single mast located in the bow immediately behind the stem and exhibits an overall length to beam ratio of approximately 2:1, it has been described as a type of or as having evolved from the Cape Cod catboat. [10]
Stevens' ship was engineered as a twin-screw-driven steamboat in juxtaposition to Clermont ' s Boulton and Watt engine. [15] The design was a modification of Stevens' prior paddle steamer Phoenix, the first steamship to successfully navigate the open ocean in its route from Hoboken to Philadelphia. [16] In 1812, Henry Bell's PS Comet was ...
The Nonsuch line of catboats is a series of popular cruising sailboats built between 1978 and the mid-1990s by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ontario. They are popular in North America, with over 950 boats built. The Nonsuch class was named after the Nonsuch that was the first trading vessel of Hudson's Bay Company, which in turn was ...
The Cape Cod Cat is a recreational centerboard boat or keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It is a gaff rigged catboat with aluminum spars, although a Bermuda rig was optional. The hull has a plumb stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional keel and ...
Catboat. A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat) is a sailboat with a single sail on a single mast set well forward in the bow of a very beamy and (usually) shallow draft hull. Typically they are gaff rigged, though Bermuda rig is also used. Most are fitted with a centreboard, although some have a keel. [1]
The Sanderling 18 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It is a gaff-rigged catboat with a wide beam, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung "barn-door" rudder controlled by a tiller and an unballasted retractable centerboard. Typical of catboats, there is no keel, but there is a substantial ...