Ketch mizzen sheet. So on a ketch, the dual purpose of the mizzen sail is to both propel and balance the vessel, while on a yawl, the smaller mizzen mainly serves the purpose of trim or balance. Yawls tend to have mainsails almost as large as those of comparable sloops. A ketch may be distinguished from a cutter or a sloop by virtue of having two masts rather than one, though a ketch with two foresails is sometimes called a "cutter-rigged ketch". Both the ketch and the yawl differ from the two-masted schooner, whose aft mainmast is taller than the foremast.
Freedom 28 Cat Ketch Freedom 28 Cat Ketch The Freedom 28 Cat Ketch (not to be confused with the Freedom 28), is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Hoyt and Jay Paris, first built in 1979. The design is out of production. The boat was built by Tillotson Pearson in the United States. The Freedom 28 Cat Ketch is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has an unstayed cat ketch rig, a transom-hung rudder and a swing-up centerboard. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The spars are made from carbon fiber. The initial models were produced with wrap-around