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Whats the difference between a

TheCatWoman

Ship and a boat, something I've never found a satisfactory answer too. I suspect many of you will get an Ai answer but is that going to be right?

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  • In the days of sailing ships the formal requirement for a vessel to be a ship was that it had to have three masts (each made up of more than one pole) and that each mast had to have at least one square sail on it. Any other rig and it was not a ship. It could be a snow, lugger, cutter, schooner, ketch, brig, brigantine, polacre, barque, barquentine etc. etc., but not a ship.

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  • In the days of sailing ships the formal requirement for a vessel to be a ship was that it had to have three masts (each made up of more than one pole) and that each mast had to have at least one square sail on it. Any other rig and it was not a ship. It could be a snow, lugger, cutter, schooner, ketch, brig, brigantine, polacre, barque, barquentine etc. etc., but not a ship.

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