Posted by Jock on June 18, 2007 at 20:05:26 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Ships or Boats posted by Jock on June 18, 2007 at 18:54:05:
a sea-going vessel with three or more square-rigged masts
I have just realised the ambiguity of the above definition.
A barque (a sailing vessel with three or more masts that is fore
and aft rigged on the mizzen mast) is not a ship even if it
has three or more square-rigged masts. So here is my definition.
A sea-going vessel sailing vessel is said to be a 'ship' if it has
three or more masts, and all masts carry a square rig.