There are a number of sailing boats that have more unusual rigs that don’t rely on standing rigging to keep the mast up. The most common example of this is the Cat rig that originated in New England. This has a single mast located well forward in the boat and no headsail. There are...
The most popular type of sailboat on the water today is the sloop. A sloop is a single-masted sailing vessel with a tall triangular mainsail and headsail. The sloop rig is simple to sail, enjoyable to sail, and flexible. Sloops are popular on racing sailboats due to their ability to sa...
3. Cutter: A sailboat with a single mast and at least two headsails. The configuration breaks up the overall sail area of the large headsail found on a sloop and provides the ability to fly two smaller headsails at sea. This allows the crew to adjust one or both of the smaller heads...
The term Bermuda Rig refers to a configuration of the mast and rigging for a type of sailboat, and is also known as a Marconi rig; this is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. The rig consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast, with its head raised to the top ...