5. • Most common
• Single mast
• Simple
• Easily customizable
Sloop
6. Ketch
• Smaller and narrower
• Two masts
• Second mast is the mizzen
• Mizzen is shorter than the main sail
• Originally used as trading purposes
7. Schooner
• Large
• Two-Three masts; Main mast, Fore, and Bowsprit.
• Introduced by the Dutch
• The Clotilde-the last ship to bring African slaves to the U.S
• The USS Hannah-the first armed American naval vessel.
8. • Commercial fishing
• Began racing in the 1950’s and 1960’s
• Similar to a ketch
• Two masts- main mast, and the mizzen
• Mizzen is smaller- balance
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