>Powell Hargrave wrote: >>>Yawl have a nice day now >> >> >> Ketch up Cotty! >> That mast is forward of the stern post. >>
Kieth wrote: >I guess all of them should be! > >Unless the aftemost mast is stepped in the wake! <g> OK to get technical. The stern post was the back end of the hull where the rudder was mounted. The aft deck (poop deck) extended farther astern. If a mast is mounted there the boat is a Yawl. Modern Ketch/Yawls are a more difficult distinction. Yawls have smaller masts farther aft. Powell
