What is Leg-of-mutton sail?
[[File:Chesapeake Log Canoe.jpg |thumb|right|150px|{{Center|1922 [[canoe]] with a leg-o-mutton sail (often confused with a [[lateen]] rig)}}]] A '''leg-of-mutton sail''' (LOM) is a simple [[Triangle|triangular]] [[sail]] set on a long [[spar (sailing)|spar]] mounted [[horizontal]]ly on the [[mast]].<ref name=Verrill40>A. Hyatt Verrill, ''The book of the sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boats'' (New York; London: D. Appleton and Co., 1916), p. 40</ref> It runs in a [[Fore-and-aft rig|fore-and-aft]] direction.<ref name=Verrill40/> The leg-of-mutton uses a spar mounted high instead of a [[boom (sailing)|boom]].<ref name=RouthDWM>{{cite web |url=http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/articles/sprit/ |title=My favorite sail, the Leg-o-Mutton Sprit |author=David 'Shorty' Routh |publisher=Duckworks Magazine |access-date=January 7, 2017}}</ref> This gives the helmsman more [[visibility]] and there is no boom to hit his or her [[head]] on.<ref name=RouthDWM/> It is a favorite type of sail for small boats. These include [[Puddle Duck Racer|puddle ducks]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pdracer.com/sail/mutton/ |title=The Super Awsome Leg-O-Mutton Sail Rig |author=David Routh |publisher=PDracer.com |access-date=January 7, 2017}}</ref> and [[canoe]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dragonflycanoe.com/stephens/sails_and_rigging.html |title=Sails and Rigging |website=History of Wooden Canoes |publisher=Dragonfly Canoe Works |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420033858/http://dragonflycanoe.com/stephens/sails_and_rigging.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> A LOM is very similar to a [[spritsail]]. But instead of being square or having four corners, the LOM has three.<ref name=Verrill40/> Instead of the spar being mounted [[diagonal]]ly, as with the spritsail, it is mounted horizontally.<ref name=Verrill40/> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1yQcN_Eyws Leg-of-mutton sail; YouTube] {{Sailing Vessels and Rigs