skipjacks

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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.
skipjacks
Accepted term: 02-Dec-2024