A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship ...SailboatFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchBoatpropelledpartlyorentirelybysailsThisarticlehasmultipleissues.Pleasehelpimproveitordiscusstheseissuesonthetalkpage.(Learnhowandwhentoremovethesetemplatemessages)Thisarticleincludesalistofgeneralreferences,butitremainslargelyunverifiedbecauseitlackssufficientcorrespondinginlinecitations.Pleasehelptoimprovethisarticlebyintroducingmoreprecisecitations.(July2016)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Sailboat" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(August2019)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)AtypicalmonohullsloopwithBermudarigSailboatonLakeConstance,Germany.Asailboatorsailingboatisaboatpropelledpartlyorentirelybysailsandissmallerthanasailingship.Distinctionsinwhatconstitutesasailingboatandshipvarybyregionandmaritimeculture.Contents1Types1.1Cutter1.2Catboat1.3Dinghy1.4Ketch1.5Schooner1.6Sloop1.7Yawl2Hulls3Keel4Mast5Seealso6References6.1Generalreferences7ExternallinksTypes[edit]Furtherinformation:SailplanSeealso:ListofsailingboattypesAlthoughsailboatterminologyhasvariedacrosshistory,manytermshavespecificmeaningsinthecontextofmodernyachting.Agreatnumberofsailboat-typesmaybedistinguishedbysize,hullconfiguration,keeltype,purpose,numberandconfigurationofmasts,andsailplan.Popularmonohulldesignsinclude:Cutter[edit]Mainarticle:Cutter(boat)AgaffcutterThecutterissimilartoasloopwithasinglemastandmainsail,butgenerallycarriesthemastfurtherafttoallowforajibandstaysailtobeattachedtotheheadstayandinnerforestay,respectively.Onceacommonracingconfiguration,todayitgivesversatilitytocruisingboats,especiallyinallowingasmalls