rudder post - The post that the rudder is attached to. The wheel or tiller is connected to the rudder post.
rudder post - The shaft connecting the rudder to the wheel (or tiller).
rudder trunk - The trunk fitted in the counter to receive the rudder post into which the tiller is fitted.
The rudder post is the shaft in the hull that connects the helm (tiller or wheel) to the rudder through the rudder stock, a rod in the forward part of the rudder.
Some sailors use rudder post and mast placement to define the difference between a ketch and a yawl, similar two-masted vessels.
SKEG The extreme after part of the keel of a vessel, the portion that supports the rudder post and stern post. SKIN The term usually applied to the outside planking or plating forming the watertight envelope over the framework.
The mizzen mast is generally stepped forward of the rudder post (aft of the rudderpost on a yawl) and the mizzen mast is generally larger than a yawl's mizzen.
Leech: the back (trailing) edge of a sail.
Leeward: away from the wind.
Generally, the shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post, while a similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post. The mizzen mast of a ketch is larger than that of a yawl.
Ketch-Two-masted boats, the after mast shorter, but with a ketch the after mast is forward of the rudder post
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KETCH: A two-masted sailboat with the smaller after mast stepped ahead of the rudder post.
Yawl - like the ketch only the mizzen mast is located aft of the rudder post. The standard joke is "a Yawl is just a southern ketch." Remember you heard it here first.
Students feel secure in the cockpit with a seat-level, inboard transom supporting the rudder post and tiller, but beyond that an open stern allows for easy access onto the boat in case of a man-overboard emergency.
A two masted sailboat with the shorter mizzen mast placed aft of the rudder post. A ketch is similar, but the mizzen mast is forward of the rudder post.
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ketchA sailboat similar in appearance to a yawl with a tall main mast and a shorter mizzen mast ahead of the rudder post. kicker motorA small auxiliary outboard motor.
Yawl. Two masts, a tall mainmast and a short mizzenmast stepped behind the rudder post.
Ketch. Two masts, a tall mainmast and a medium height mizzenmast stepped in front of the rudder post.
A sailboat with two masts. The shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. A similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post.
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Ketch - a two-masted ship with a small mast mounted forward of the rudder post
Knot - a unit of speed, one knot=6,076 feet per hour
Lanyard - a line attached to any small object for the purpose of securing the object ...
LWL: Length on the waterline; the lenght of a vessel-including rudder post-when measured at the line of flotation.
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Ketch - A two-masted ship with a small mast (Mizzen) mounted forward of the rudder post. An almost obsolete form of vessel.
Kicker (also called a Vang) - A device used to keep the boom from rising. ...
YAWL: A two-masted sailboat with the small mizzen mast stepped abaft the rudder post.
LBP Length Between Perpendiculars.The length of the vessel measured between the forward part of the stern to the after part of the rudder post ...
Yawl - Boat: smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not under sail. Rig: two masts, aft one is smaller (shorter) and located astern of rudder post.
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Yaw - To swing or steer off course, as when running with a quartering sea.
Yawl - Boat: smaller powered boat used to provide steerage-way when not under sail. Rig: two masts, aft one is smaller (shorter) and located astern of rudder post.
But, inasmuch as the steering was effected by means of two rudders (sr~iiXia), one on either side, there was no need to carry out the stern into a rudder post as with modern ships, and the stern was left, therefore, much more free, ...
 See also: Rudder, Forward, Aft, Boat, Deck
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