Cap'n Freddy Yep. They got Cap'n Freddy from Massachusetts to Florida. He couldn't afford anything else. Oddly enough, many older and traditional rigs are either insensitive to sail cut, or just plain flat-cut. The batwing, dipping lug and the crabclaw are examples of the latter.
Bermudian sails are probably the toughest to whip up from tarp.
Photo by F. B Silva. More about it . A detailed description . These are described in more detail on the Sailing Canoe pages . For another take on the gunter-sprit idea, see the discussion of Conor O'Brien's ideas on seaworthy boat rigs, found here .