Talk:Catboat

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There is a difference between a catboat and a cat-rigged boat. A cat-rigged boat is any vessel with a single mast and a single sail. A catboat has a huge beam, almost half the waterline length, considerable freeboard, especially up forward, a single, stubby mast in the bow, and ordinarily a large, barn-door rudder and a centerboard, enabling the craft to sail in thin water. Though catboats ordinarily have a single gaff sail, a boat with the hull described above, is still a catboat even if it features a triangular sail or a summer rig, that is a jib in addition to the mainsail.Jim Lacey 21:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)