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As a sailing rig, a cutter is a single-masted boat, with two or more headsails. [a] On the eastern side of the Atlantic, the two headsails on a single mast is the fullest extent of the modern definition. In U.S. waters, a greater level of complexity applies, with the placement of the mast and the rigging details of the bowsprit taken into ...
Bowsprit. The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow. The bowsprit is typically held down by a bobstay that counteracts the forces from the forestays. The bowsprit’s purpose is to create anchor points for the sails that extend beyond the vessel’s bow, increasing the size of sail that may be held taut.
The rig is a traditional cutter style and a characteristic feature of many of Robert Perry's boats from this stable is a 4 ft laminated teak bowsprit which supports the forestay/headsail. A large platform sits on the bowsprit supporting two anchor rollers, a set-up typical on many long distance cruisers where two anchors are desirable in many ...
629 sq ft (58.4 m 2) [edit on Wikidata] The Westsail 32 was a production fiberglass sailboat built between the years of 1971 and 1980. Approximately 830 were built, about half of them in kit form. [1] The "W32", as they are often referred to, was very heavily built and has taken many people on trouble-free voyages and several circumnavigations.
The Falmouth Cutter 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, a spooned plumb stem, a near-vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 7,400 lb (3,357 kg) and carries 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) of lead ballast. [1][3]
The Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as cutters.The term is English in origin and refers to a specific type of vessel, namely, "a small, decked ship with one mast and bowsprit, with a gaff mainsail on a boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail."
The Falmouth Cutter 34 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with extensive wooden decks and trim. It has a cutter rig, with an optional gaff rigged mainsail. The hull has a plumb stem, an angled transom, a keel and transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 19,000 lb (8,618 kg) and ...
The Lord Nelson 41 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig with a bowsprit and painted aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, pronounced curve to the sheer-line, a rounded canoe transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a long fin keel. It displaces 30,500 lb (13,835 kg ...