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[[Gaff-rig]]ged schooners have come in versions with from 2 to 6 masts, with or without square-rigged topsails. (The longest wooden-hulled ship ever built was the 6 masted gaff-rigged schooner "''Wyoming''", built in Bath, Maine, in 1907. Even larger was the iron-hulled schooner, "''Thomas W. Lawson''", built in the 1890s in Quincy, Mass. It was 5000 gross tons weight, 385 ft long, and its seven masts were each 193 ft high. She was able to be sailed with a crew of only 16!)

[[Gaff-rig]]ged schooners have come in versions with from 2 to 6 masts, with or without square-rigged topsails. (The longest wooden-hulled ship ever built was the 6 masted gaff-rigged schooner "''Wyoming''", built in Bath, Maine, in 1907. Even larger was the iron-hulled schooner, "''Thomas W. Lawson''", built in the 1890s in Quincy, Mass. It was 5000 gross tons weight, 385 ft long, and its seven masts were each 193 ft high. She was able to be sailed with a crew of only 16!)

Schooner rigged yachts were originally two or even three masted pleasure craft, gaff-rigged until the advent of [[Bermudian]] rig in the early 1900s, which negates the need for topsails and offers a corresponding lessening of the workload when cruising or racing. (It was the two masted schooner-yacht, “''America''” which won the original [[America's Cup]] in 1861, and after which the contest is named.  

Schooner rigged yachts were originally two or even three masted pleasure craft, gaff-rigged until the advent of [[Bermudian]] rig in the early 1900s, which negates the need for topsails and offers a corresponding lessening of the workload when cruising or racing. (It was the two masted schooner-yacht, “''America''” which won the original [[America's Cup]] in 1861, and after which the contest is named.)

The [[brig|hermaphrodite-brig]] is also known as a “schooner-brig” or “brig-schooner”.

The [[brig|hermaphrodite-brig]] is also known as a “schooner-brig” or “brig-schooner”.