and especially if it be an unpremeditated jibe,of a sail bent on to a long boom becomes a sourceof danger. Thus a green hand or a careless person cannot besafely trusted with a boom sail on a squally day;but when the novice has acquired the rudiments ofsailing, and employs that constant caution… … Fig. 28. 32 AQUATIC GUIDE. factory if one wishes to get any speed out of a boat.When running free it curves into a bag, and onlypresents half its area to the wind. It never standsflat, except when the boat is close-hauled, and notalways then, unless the sheet is led exactly to theright place; and…
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