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bark, barque
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
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brig
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
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brigantine, hermaphrodite brig
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
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clipper, clipper ship
a fast sailing ship used in former times
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cutter
a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
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dhow
a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
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felucca
a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
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fore-and-after
sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig
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galleon
a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
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Indiaman
a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India
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ketch
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
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rigger
a sailing vessel with a specified rig
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sailboat, sailing boat
a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
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schooner
sailing vessel used in former times
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sloop
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
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smack
a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
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square-rigger
a square-rigged sailing ship
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windjammer
a large sailing ship
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dandy, yawl
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
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carack, carrack
a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman
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catamaran
a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck
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catboat
a sailboat with a single mast set far forward
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knockabout
a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
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raceabout
a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail
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sharpie
a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States
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sharpshooter
a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
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trimaran
a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls
