Sandbagger ANNIE under sail

gelatin print

Gelatin print; port view of rigged sandbagger, possibly ANNIE, on port tack, with seven men standing in cockpit; ink note on back of print reads "Sandbagger 'Annie'. Built by D. O. Richmond at Mystic, Conn./ about 1880./ Overall 30'0" Mast over 40 ft./ Beam 12'0' Boom [over] 37ft./ Draft 2' Gaff [over] 18'/ Bowsprit [over] 20 ft outboard/ End of bowsprit to end of boom, 68 ft./ It is said she never was beaten in a race and she raced/ with some of the most noted sandbaggers of her time./ Her hull is now on the grounds of the Mystic Marine Museum/ at Mystic, Conn."