I can't explain exactly why I think she has more in common with a catboat than a sloop, she seems to have a typical Catboat hull with sloop elements and although it doesn't show in this image she's quite broad in the beam.
Christian wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> This is an interesting little boat. A cat style hull, with a Gaff Sloop >> rig. >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~morephotos/PESO_--_acatofadifferenterr.html >> >> Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax 28-200mm f3.8~5.6AL[IF] >> >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >> >> > > It's a nice shot, but I'd crop the bottom over to the kid and straight > up for a bit more balance and less distractions. > > As for the boat itself. Looks like a gaff sloop. The hull doesn't look > anything like a wide-beamed catboat of the New England style. I've > heard the term "cat" in regards to boats used three different ways: 1. > "Cat rigged" is a sailboat that has no foresails, i.e. jib(s). 2. a > "catboat" which is a very wide-beamed cat-rigged sailboat developed in > Ne England and then "exported" in various styles elsewhere. And 3. > "Catamaran" often referred to as a "cat" is a boat (sail or power) with > 2 hulls of equal size and shape joined by a bridgedeck (hard like a > cruising cat or soft like the trampoline of the ubiquitous Hobie 16). > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
