Posted by Mike Field on July 19, 2010 at 14:49:54 user mikefield.
In Reply to: Re: The photo that ISN'T of 'Slug' posted by Magnus Smith on July 19, 2010 at 06:15:51:
A true leg-o'-mutton would have a very small gaff, of which there's no evidence (gaff itself, or the running rigging for it) in the photo. But on the other hand, sometimes the early bermudan sails were referred to as leg-o'-muttons too -- not because they were but because they were triangular and the leg-o'-muttons looked to be reasonably triangular as well.
The only other nearly-triangular sail is the gunter lug and clearly this isn't one of those either.