Gundalow
Gundalow
GUNDALOW. Sometimes spelled "gundalo" (properly, gondola), this was a boat pointed at both ends, usually flat bottomed, and normally rigged with two square sails on a single mast. Although very fast in a favoring wind, they were essentially rowboats. Gundalows figured prominently in the Champlain squadrons.
SEE ALSO Champlain Squadrons.
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