Yacht
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A yacht is a sail- or motor-propelled watercraft made for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnig
A 45-foot cruising yacht in 2010
The superyacht Azzam, the longest private yacht, as of 2018.
An 18th-century Dutch jacht
1893 America's Cup match between Vigilant and Valkyrie II
Gaff rig
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Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar called the gaff. Because of the size and shape of the
Reliance, a competitor in the 1903 America's Cup and the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built
A gaff-rigged sail and its surrounding spars
The gaff-rigged schooner Rose Dorothea won the 1907 Lipton's Cup, despite a broken foretopmast (pictured)
Gaff rigged schooner J. & E. Riggin. Her sails, from left to right, are: jib, staysail, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main gaff topsail