Why do gulets have masts ?????

[Kevin Sowten]

We have never seen a gulet with a sail (furled or unfurled) and they always seem
to travel under engine power. Why pay for masts to be fitted ??

[tinkerman]

Very few of the boat owners have the navigational skills to use sails, you also have to take into account the trips are made up of lots of short distant trips from island to island so would be too time consuming to up and down the sails for each trip and would need a big increase in staff to do this, thus cheaper and more convenient to run on engines.

[Scunner]

Thank you Captain Trent  

[KKOB]

a) Because there's something in Maritime Law about vessels over a certain length displaying masthead lights at a certain height in darkness.

b) Because it looks right.

Having said that, take a look at the pictures on the Fethiye Yachting website of gulets under full sail.

http://www.fethiyeyachting.com/offer.htm

[tinkerman]

A gulet (Turkish pronunciation: [ɡuˈlet]) is a traditional design of a two-masted or three-masted wooden sailing vessel (the most common design has two masts) from the southwestern coast of Turkey

if it didn't have masts, it wouldn't be a gulet  

[KKOB]

Are Gulets ships, or boats ?

[tinkerman]

Boats

A ship can carry a boat but a boat cannot carry a ship  

[KKOB]

Why ?

[tinkerman]

The purpose of a boat can be carried out on deck, the purpose of a ship gets carried out below decks
When turning a boat leans into the turn and a ship leans out of the turn

 

[bewva]

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