Wishbone rig Wishbone rig A wishbone rig is a type of rigging on sailboats. This rigging is most popular on heavy two-masted vessels. On a ketch it is called wishbone ketch and is considered a subtype of ketch rigging. A wishbone ketch rigged vessel is a vessel that is rigged as a ketch where a permanent splitting gaff is mounted between two masts. Contrary to the gaff rig (where the gaff is hoisted together with the sail) the gaff stays in the mast. The gaff is typically fixed on the first mast (the one closer to the front) and fixed via a
Ketch set on a ketch. The "Scarlet Queen" was a 78-foot ketch with a white hull, teak decking, brass bright-work, and sporting the "Scarlet Queen" herself, on the bowsprit, naked as the day she was born, "a fresh, young body... looking forward, ... bold, teasing... dressed in only a crown, and painted brilliant red." A William Garden–designed Formosa 51 ketch named "Wanderer" was the main setting in the 1992 film "Captain Ron". Three Formosa 51s were used in filming. A Formosa 51 ketch named "Viking Spirit" was used in the 2004 romantic comedy "50 First Dates" starring Adam Sandler and Drew