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A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with a mainmast stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs, with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post.

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  1. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with a mainmast stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs, with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post.
  2. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with a mainmast stepped a littlefarther forward than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs,with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post.