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[[File:Chesapeake Bay Sandbagger sloop by D Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|The "Sandbagger sloop" Bull, in Chesapeake Bay]]
A '''sandbagger sloop''' is a type of [[sailboat]] made popular in the 19th century as a work vessel which also could be used as a pleasure craft. They are a descendant of shoal-draft [[sloop]]s used in [[oyster]] fishing in the shallow waters of [[New York Bay]]
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Sandbaggerannie.jpg|thumb|right|Sandbagger Sloop ''Annie'' in the 1890s.]] -->
The term "sandbagger" refers to the use of [[sandbags]] to shift the boat's center of gravity in order to obtain the most power from the sails. In practice, the sandbags were actually filled with [[gravel]] in order to keep them from retaining excessive amounts of water.

The vessels could be anywhere from 20' to 30' feet in length, but with a sail area disproportionate to their size. They were crewed by between 10 and 15 men.

An excellent example of a sandbagger is the sloop ''[[Annie (sloop)|Annie]]'', which is maintained by the [[Mystic Seaport]] maritime museum.

==References==
* ''Ash Breeze'', 2006, Vol. 27 No. 4, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727172347/http://www.tsca.net/pdf/tab/TABv27-4.pdf pdf-file 4,0 MB]
* C.H. Chapman: ''Racing Sandbaggers.'', Outing Volume XXVIII, May 2. 1896, [http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_28/outXXVIII02/outXXVIII02e.pdf pdf-file 1,1 MB]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090414171458/http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewpage&page_id=4F14BE07-B8FE-B1BB-9AB330C09B2F125B Mystic Seaport's page on the ''Annie'']
* [http://www.bullbearsailing.com/ Friends of BULL and BEAR Sandbaggers]

[[Category:Sailboat types]]