Usage
Hello,
Yeah, sailors can be touchy about terminology. Maybe too touchy, in that precision should lead to clarity, not ego-gratifying punctiliousness. It doesn't help that the term "schooner" can mean a whole lot of things, including vessels with squares'ls on one or more masts. But if it isn't a ship, barque, barquentine, brig, snow, or brigantine, if it has at least two masts, and if the masts are either the same height, or the aft one is taller, it's safe to call it a schooner. Though for some of the odder ones, the term "bizarrentine" comes in handy.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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