Fig. 162.—The buckeye.
Fig. 163.—The sliding gunter.
In the chapter on how to build the Rough and Ready, the sprit sail is depicted and fully described.
The Balance Lug
comes as near the square sail of a ship as any canvas used on small boats, but you can see, by referring to the diagram, [Fig. 151], that the leach and the luff are not parallel and that the gaff hangs at an angle. To boom out the canvas and make it sit flat there are three sticks extended across the sail from the front to the back, luff to leach, called battens. This has caused some people to call this a batten lug. Like the lateen sail, part of the balance lug hangs before the mast and serves the purpose of a jib. This rig is said to be easily managed and to possess good sailing qualities.