What's the difference, if any, between a sailboat and a cutter?

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And if somebody knows Spanish too, which would be the best for "velero"?
But anyway, the difference between these two is the most important part of this question.
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Answer 1

A sailboat is any boat that is propelled mainly by the force of the wind. They are divided by type. The large square rigged ships have anywhere from two to seven masts. The smaller boats are the schooner, fore and aft rigged sails, two to four masts. The ketch, one large mast forward and a smaller one to the rear. The yahl. like the ketch, but a smaller aft mast set farther back. The cutter, one mast. The cutter usually has one large main sail, a large fore sail, and a stay sail rigged up between the mast and the fore sail.
There are many other sail boats with different sail arrangements. Each one has a name, but the above are the most common ones,
Sorry about the Spanish, not my line.

Answer 2

Just to put a somewhat 'finer' point on it - a cutter (unless as mentioned earlier you mean a Coast Guard cutter) - is a sailboat.

Cutters have multiple head-sails and a single mast/mainsail, versus the sloops single head-sail. Traditionalists would insist that a cutter must have 3 head-sails, or at least, 3 fore-stays upon which to mount at least 3 head-sails. As mentioned by at least one other, cutters usually have their mast mounted more mid-ship than a sloop tends to.

Although somewhat more complex to sail than a sloop, a cutter is generally a better heavy-weather boat, and offers more options for head-sail changes and handling. Additionally, the mast is better supported with multiple fore-stays, and thus, multiple back-stays and/or running back-stays.

As for 'Velero' - I don't speak Spanish, nor know much about it, but I think its a pretty name, whether for a sloop, cutter or other sail-boat. (I assume that is what you meant when you asked about 'Velero')

For reference (and a good general reference for sailing) pick up an old copy of Donald Street's "The Ocean Sailing Yacht." It was written in the late 60s (it may have been edited and updated again in the 70s). Although dated, it has a lot of good general information and tips about yachts and seamanship.

Answer 3

When used in a nautical sense, a cutter is:

1. a small single-masted vessel, fore-and-aft rigged, with two or more headsails, a bowsprit, and a mast set further back than in a sloop
2. a ship's boat, powered by oars, sails or motor, used to carry passengers or light stores
3. a small or medium sized armed vessel used by various marine or naval services such as the US Coast Guard.

Answer 4

Nothing but details the sailboat has a fin or full keel made olf lead. A cutter has a ship type keel with stones or iron blocks used as ballast similar to ships it also has a gaff rig sail meaning it has a spar at the top of the sail it usually has a bow sprit as well. This boat is designed for shallow water work such as fishing or smuggling another possibilty for this class is law enforcement against smugglers.

Answer 5

unless youre talking about a Coast Guard Cutter, a cutter is a single masted sailbaot, like a sloop, with the mainmast set alittle further back than on a sloop, and rigged to carry two jibs...a small staysail and alarger outer jib....forward of the mast, as opposed to a sloop which carries only one jib forward of the mast