A vessel may be both a full-rigged ship by description and a collier or frigate by function.

What are the types of sailboats. As the name suggests full-length keels have keels that extend in the form of a long fin below the main structure of the ship. This observation alone will enable you to identify the five main types of sailboats sloops cutters ketches yawls and schooners - all of which are described here. Except catamarans have a very shallow draft and the capability to reach very high speeds.

A sloop is the most common type of sailboat. The catboat has a single mast well forward. Monohulls one hull Catamarans two hulls.

Full-length keel fin keel centreboard keel bilge keel bulb keel and wing keel. The types of keels commonly associated with sailboats are as follows. Fundamentally thats exactly what they are.

Here are the two main types of multihull sailboats. The size of small sailboats is 2 to 6 m. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Catamarans have two hulls instead of one and each hull is typically a mirror of the other. For sailing ships see. Lets divide sailboats by hull types rig types and activitiesuses.

The classifications are not all mutually exclusive. Usually we group sailboats in two big categories. Small sized boats without a keel and keel-boats.