Cutter is a name given to two kinds of small vessels. The cutters used by yachtsmen and revenue cruisers, and which are built with especial reference to speed, have a single mast, and a straight running bowsprit that can be run in on board occasionally. They are much like sloops in rig, but have larger sails. Such small vessels occasionally venture on long voyages. In 1857 the Charter Oak, a cutter of 23 tons, crossed the Atlantic from New York to Liverpool. In 1865 the Alert, a cutter of 56 tons yacht measurement, made the voyage from England to Sydney (Australia) in 108 days, including 5 days' detention at the Cape of Good Hope. From that time to this, long voyages with vessels of this class, especially across the Atlantic, have been matters of common occurrence. See YACHT; for the other kind of cutters, see BOAT.—In the United States, very long sleds, for coasting, are called cutters.