Editing Yacht (section)

===Cruising===
Cruising yachts may be designed for near-shore use or for passage-making. They may also be raced, but they are designed and built with the comfort and amenities necessary for overnight voyages. Qualities considered in cruising yachts include: performance, comfort under way, ease of handling, stability, living comfort, durability, ease of maintenance, affordability of ownership.<ref name="RYA">{{Cite book|last1=Association|first1=Royal Yachting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmSbDwAAQBAJ&q=sailing+yacht+insurance+categories|title=RYA Offshore Sailing (E-G87)|last2=McClary|first2=Dick|date=2019-06-04|publisher=Royal Yachting Association|language=en}}</ref>

==== Categories ====
Cruising sailboats share the common attribute of providing overnight accommodations. They may be classified as ''small'' (easy to haul behind a trailer),<ref name="small">{{Cite book|last=Henkel|first=Steve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQt-0KvDJJkC&q=Cruising+sailboat|title=The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats: Reviews and Comparisons of 360 Boats Under 26 Feet|date=2010-01-15|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-173694-7|language=en}}</ref> ''near-shore''<ref name="definition" /> and ''off-shore''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Committee|first=Cruising Club of America Technical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pee1lKH4J4kC&q=Cruising+sailboat|title=Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts|date=1987|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-03311-3|language=en}}</ref> [[Multihull]] sailing yachts are a category, apart.<ref name="cruisingworld">{{Cite book|last=Judges panel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Mo9Kw2sX9sC&q=cruising+sailing+yacht&pg=PA147|title=Boats of the Year|date=March 1997|series=Cruising World|pages=90–100|language=en}}</ref>

*''Small yachts'' are typically shorter than {{Convert|33|ft|m|abbr=}} length overall.<ref name="cruisingworld" /> [[Trailer sailer]]s that are readily towed by a car are generally shorter than {{Convert|25|ft|m|abbr=}} length overall and weigh less than {{Convert|5,000|lb|kg|abbr=}}.<ref name="small" />
*''Near-shore yachts'' typically range in size from {{Convert|33-45|ft|m|abbr=}} length overall.<ref name="law" />
*''Offshore yachts'' typically exceed {{Convert|45|ft|m|abbr=}} length overall.<ref name="cruisingworld" />

==== Design ====
[[File:Catamaran de croisière Lagoon 560.JPG|thumb|Cruising ''catamaran'' in 2012]]
[[File:Dragonflyextended.jpg|thumb|Cruising ''trimaran'' with folding [[ama (sailing)|ama]]s in 2005]]
Design considerations for a cruising yacht include seaworthiness, performance, sea kindliness, and cost of construction, as follows:<ref name="RYA" />

* ''Seaworthiness'' addresses the integrity of the vessel and its ability to stay afloat and shelter its crew in the conditions encountered.
* ''Performance'' hinges on a number of factors, including the waterline length (longer means faster), drag in the water (narrower hull with smooth appendages), hull shape, and sail shape and area.
* ''Sea kindliness'' is an indicator of steering ease, directional stability and quelling of motion induced by wind and waves.

Multihulls offer tradeoffs as cruising sailboats, compared with [[monohull]]s. They may be catamarans or trimarans. They rely on form stability—having separate hulls far apart—for their resistance to capsize.<ref name="RYA" /> Their advantages include greater: stability, speed, (for catamarans) living space, and shallower draft. Their drawbacks include: greater expenses, greater [[windage]], more difficult tacking under sail, less load capacity, and more maneuvering room required because of their broad beam. They come with a variety of sleeping accommodations and (for catamarans) bridge-deck configurations.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tarjan, Gregor.|title=Catamarans : the complete guide for cruising sailors|date=2008|publisher=International Marine|isbn=978-0-07-159622-0|location=Camden, Me.|oclc=233534126}}</ref>

==== Rigs ====
[[Gaff rig]]s have been uncommon in the construction of cruising boats, since the mid 20th century. More common rigs are [[Bermuda rig|Bermuda]], [[Fractional rig|fractional]], [[Cutter (boat)|cutter]], and [[ketch]]. Occasionally employed rigs since then have been the [[yawl]], schooner, [[Wishbone rig|wishbone]], [[catboat]].<ref name="offshore" />

==== Gear ====
Sailboats employ [[standing rigging]] to support the rig, [[running rigging]] to raise and adjust sails, cleats to secure lines, winches to work the sheets, and more than one anchor to secure the boat in harbor. A cruising yacht's deck usually has safety line to protect the crew from falling overboard and a bow pulpit to facilitate handling the jib and the anchor. In temperate climates, the cockpit may have a canvas windshield with see-through panels, called a "dodger". Steering may be either by tiller or wheel.<ref name="offshore" />

==== Engine ====
Cruising yachts have an auxiliary propulsion power unit to supplement the use of sails. Such [[Marine propulsion|power is inboard]] on the vessel and diesel, except for the smallest cruising boats, which may have an [[Outboard motor|outboard gasoline motor]]. A  {{Convert|31|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} sailboat might have a {{Convert|13|hp|kW|abbr=|adj=on}} engine,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sailingmagazine.net/article-permalink-1464.html|title=Hunter 31|last=Liscio|first=David|date=May 5, 2014|website=Sailing Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref> whereas a {{Convert|55|ft|m|abbr=|adj=on}} sailboat might have a {{Convert|110|hp|kW|abbr=|adj=on}} engine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nautorswan.com/yachts/models/swan54/|title=Swan 54 Specification|website=Nautor|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>