Fast and Loose is a cheating game played at fairs by sharpers. He added that all the trade were sharpers, Tonson not more than others. Sharpers were flatbottomed boats 60 feet by 7 feet. The Sharpers attended Hermitage High School in Henrico County, Virginia. With little money to support himself, he encounters malice, discrimination and sharpers at every turn. Sharpers were flat-bottomed boats, , usable only on high-water days, about 45 days per year.