Catboats on oyster bay, long island, by archibald cary smith. He subject vessels in this work are two cat-rigged craft known as “sandbaggers”. The cat-rig features a single mast situated well forward, near the bow, and carries only a large single sail with no standing rigging. “archie” smith was an early builder of these “sandbaggers”, so named for the movable sandbags they carried for ballast. Date: between circa 1870 and circa 1879.
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