TRADING SLOOP

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TRADING SLOOP

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed May 27, 2015 8:59 pm

On the Christmas stamp of Anguilla 1986 10c there is not a name given of the sloop depict, only that it is a “trading sloop”.

The book Aak to Zumbra a Dictionary of the World’s Watercraft gives on the sloops used in the West Indies.
The sloop of the Windward and Leeward Islands in the West Indies is widely used to carry freight, passengers and for fishing. Most are rigged with a gaff, jib-headed or gunter mainsail, and 1 -2 headsails; has an exceptionally long boom. Most roughly built with carvel planking, usually of pitch pine above the waterline, greenheart below; natural crook frames of cedar.
Counter or raked transom stern; curved or straight raked stern; bluff bow; full body amidships; strong sheer.
Larger boats decked, often with a trunk cabin in the after part. Northern boats that engage in fishing may have a wet well, but in the southern islands, the fish are dried in the rigging. Those with auxiliaries engines have a double sternpost, the rudder hung from the after post.
Crew of 3 plus a boy.
Reported lengths 7 – 30m; e.g. length 8.2m, beam 2,4m, depth 1,2m.

Anguilla 1986 10c sg734, scott?
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