Build a Spritsail Sail for Your Boat

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on November 1, 1985
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ILLUSTRATION: MOTHER EARTH NEWS STAFF
Diagram: Spritsail building guide.

How to build a spritsail for your boat, an illustrated guide to building this seaworthy shanty. (Click on the “enlarge image” link to see a close-up view of the sail diagram.)

Build a Spritsail Sail for Your Boat

Clamp this simple spritsail onto any small, square-sterned
rowboat or dinghy (such as the build-your own model
featured in our last issue), and–presto–you’ll
have yourself a fine little wind cruiser! The rig, though

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