Boats of this type had a square stern, a curved stem in profile, a strong flare, a flat bottom, a sharply raking transom, and a center board of the "daggerboard" form.
"The Migrations of an American Boat Type"
Howard I. Chapelle
In fact, it may have been because of articles in these publications that the daggerboard came to replace the pivoted centerboard in Chesapeake Bay skiffs and that the whole V-bottom design became popular so rapidly in the Bay area.
"The Migrations of an American Boat Type"
Howard I. Chapelle