Fig. 140
Sharpie with Sprit and Club
Leg-of-Mutton Sails.
In the smooth, shallow waters along the coast of North Carolina may be seen
the long, flat-bottomed Sharpies.
Without question they are to be ranked among the fastest boats we have. These
boats are rigged with a modification of the leg-of-mutton sail. The ends of the
sprit in the foresail project at the full and leach. At the luff it is fastened
to the mast by a line like a snotter at the leach. It is fastened to a stick
sewed into the sail, called a club. The sheet is attached to the end of the
sprit (Figs. 140, 141 [below], and 142, 144, and
145, [see Sprit Leg-of-Mutton Sail]).
Figs. 141 & 142
Showing Detail of Sprit Club Sail.
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