Sailing Scats

[Judders]

I'm currently reading Harry Etheridge's description of Maurice Griffiths' then (1939) new 'Lone Gull'. The cockpit is described as having "in addition to the thwart, there are two sloping sailing scats on the cockpit coatings."

Google and Wikipedia have not turned up a definition. Can anyone tell me what a scat is?

 

[FWB]

Is it a spelling error? Seats instead of scats ?

 

[dombuckley]

Typo of "seat"?

Darn. Too slow again!

 

[Sandyman]

Been wracking my brains on this one. Cant find it in any of my reference books.
Probably wrong but something tells me that a Scat was a length of wood that fitted into
a grove at both ends to be used as seating.

 

[Woodlouse]

I suspect a typo as already mentioned. Along with coatings supposed to be coamings I would suggest it's trying to describe a board that is attached to the cockpit coamings and rested on the deck to provide a sloped seat to windward. A lot more comfortable that plonking your arse on the top of the coaming.

 

[Judders]

Sorry, "coatings" is my typo, it was indeed coamings.

Typos seem quite common in kindle books so we can't rule that out.

 

[cliffordpope]

http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6763777

Item 28. "Rolled scats" - sloping sides to the cockpit well, as seen on many racing dinghies. Presumably to let water to drain out when heeling.

 

[Judders]

Thank you very much.

 

[Woodlouse]

http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6763777

Item 28. "Rolled scats" - sloping sides to the cockpit well, as seen on many racing dinghies. Presumably to let water to drain out when heeling.

Item 28 is referred to as rolled seats in all but one instance. I'm still assuming it's a typo in both cases.