Talk:Mast (sailing)

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It is my belief that , technically, only a sailing vessel with 3 masts can be called a "ship". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deant (talk • contribs)

Questionining the statement that "Until the 20th century, a ship's masts would be wooden spars, originally constructed from a single straight tree trunk." While I have limited knowledge of this, I regularly see the USS constitution, built in 1797. Her masts are not a single spar, but 3. She was a large frigate for her time, but I am not sure that the construction was unusual.--Scrod98 16:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)