Cutter (boat)
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A cutter is any of various types of watercraft. The term can refer to the rig of a sailing vessel, to a governmental enforcement agency vessel, to a type of ship's boat which can be used under sail or
A gaff cutter, Kleine Freiheit, with a genoa jib set
USCGC Legare, an example of a US Coast Guard cutter
Illustration of the British cutter HMS Nimble chasing a French cutter in 1781
A cutter secured to a boat boom, ready for use, alongside an anchored battleship during the First World War
Bermuda rig
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Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a type of sailing rig that uses a triangular sail set abaft the mast. It is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. Whilst commonly seen in s
Cutter (boat)
…cutter" has a single mast with fore and aft sails which include more than one headsail. The mainsail (set abaft, or behind the mast) could be gaff, Bermuda, standing lug or gunter rigged. A more complex definition may be applied in American waters, where a boat with two headsails would be termed a sloop…
Bermuda rig in its most common form, a Bermuda sloop-rigged dinghy
Vessels with a combination of Bermuda and gaff-rigged masts
1671 woodcut of a Bermudian vessel with early Bermuda rig (before the addition of a boom)
The 1831 painting, by John Lynn, of the Bermuda sloop of the Royal Navy upon which the Spirit of Bermuda was modelled