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A xebec (/ ˈ z iː b ɛ k / or / z ɪ ˈ b ɛ k /), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast .
Xebec A Mediterranean sailing ship, typically three-masted, lateen-rigged and powered also by oars, with a characteristic overhanging bow and stern Yacht A recreational boat or ship, sail or powered Yawl A yawl is a two masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with the mizzen mast positioned abaft (behind) the rudder stock
A polacca (or polacre) is a type of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century sailing vessel, similar to the xebec or the megayacht. The name is the feminine of "Polish" in the Italian language. The polacca was frequently seen in the Mediterranean.
Fijian voyaging outrigger boat with a crab claw sail, an example of a typical Austronesian vessel with outriggers and a fore-and-aft sail A carved stone relief panel showing a Borobudur ship (Austronesian) from 8th century Java, depicted with outriggers and fore-and-aft tanja sails Chinese junk Keying with a center-mounted rudder post, c. 1848
Singe was a Renard-class xebec of the French Navy, launched in 1762. She served in the Mediterranean against the Barbary pirates , and is notable for a number of important officers who served aboard, notably Flotte , Raimondis and Suffren .
Schock's first boat built and sold was an International 14 that he intended to sail himself and constructed using a cold-molded wood method. Another sailor saw the boat while it was under construction and bought it from Schock. This led to the formation of the company, initially called W. D. Schock Boat Building and Repair. [3]
S2 also hired the firm of Graham & Schlageter to design the popular S2 7.9 one-design racer and many of the company's later, more racing-oriented boats for production, including the S2 6.9, S2 9.1, S2 10.3, S2 22 and the S2 35. [6] [7] S2 Yachts started building power boats once the clause had expired in the late 1970s, as the Tiara Yachts line ...
Hake Yachts, also called Seaward Yachts, was an American boat builder based in Carmel, Indiana. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. [1] [2] [3] The company was founded in 1973 by boat designer Nick Hake, a graduate of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. [1] [2] [4]