Barkentine A 3-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails on foremast only.

Sailing vessel types. Small sleek ships with few but large sails for speed and efficiency. Special Operations Craft Riverine SOC-R Steam boat. Re-rigging a brigantine with two square-rigged masts instead of one gave it greater sailing power and was also easier for the crew to manage.

To improve maneuverability the aft mast carries a small gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail. Dive into the FleetMon Vessel Database and search for ships from all over the world. Add the ships to My Fleet with the star symbol in order to follow them later.

The rudder is protected from objects in the water and has more structural strength than a rudder mounted only on the rudder post. Different types of ships were developed to perform different types of tasks. Benefit from data recorded in the ship wiki and share your knowledge.

Large ships with vast amounts of sails to carry large cargos or weapons for war. Discover more than 500000 vessels. A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts.

Sea kayak and Kayak. An irregularly-shaped four-sided sail used on a type of traditional sailing boat called a lugger. Cat boat or a cat-rigged sailboat is a sailing vessel characterized by a single mast carried well forward ie near the front of the boat.

Fore and aft rigged on the aftermast square rigged on all others. Types of Sailing Vessels Full-rigged-ship A fully square rigged sailing ship with three or more masts. There are many different types of boats for sailing differentiated by three distinctive characteristics.