skipjacks
- Scope note
- Single-masted sailing vessels built with deadrise construction, decked, with a cabin and generally carrying a triangular mainsail and jib, set on a sharply raking mast; a few two-masted, or three-sail examples were built; introduced onto the Chesapeake Bay in the mid-19th century and usually used for oyster dredging.
- Date of creation: 10-Feb-2025
Accepted term: 10-Feb-2025