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I did a bit of sailing recently, having almost no prior experience. I asked the skipper to explain yacht classification to me and it got real confusing, but I wasn't sure if it was because the nomenclature is inconsistent or because he was inconsistent. Or indeed both.
It can be a gaff-rigged cutter, but one wouldn't say gaff-rigged sloop cutter I think?
Cupcakes-
I wasn't sure if it was because the nomenclature is inconsistent
It can be a bit of a moveable feast
one wouldn't say gaff-rigged sloop cutter
No, because sloop and cutter are two different things
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It can be a gaff-rigged cutter, but one wouldn't say gaff-rigged sloop cutter I think?
I don't think one would as it'd be something of a tautology, a cutter being a sloop with multiple headsails, so the word sloop would be rather redundant. It'd be like calling it a gaff-rigged cutter boat - the word boat adds nothing.
gbj_tester
Brommers
Given the bowsprit and rigging, I suspect it has more than one headsail, which would make it a cutter.