48 AQUATIC GUIDE. The difference between a cutter and a yawl isthat the latter bas not so big a mainsail as the cut-ter; the main boom does not project over the stern,but is all inboard, thus permitting of a small miz-zen-mast being stepped right aft. (Fig. 40.) \ yacht rigged as a cutter will,… … Fig. 40- allowance when competing with single-stickcraft. But for cruising purposes the yawl rig isundoubtedly the most comfortable, the most handy,and requires fewer hands to work it. A yawls mizzen is generally a ^ standing lug,sometimes a leg-of-mutton sail ; in either caseworking on a boom with…
Yachts and yachting · Sailing
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