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By Dan Beard

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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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Fig. 141

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Fig. 142

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