eet be roundedin or paid out smartly. The cleat to which themainsheet is belayed should qbe as nearly as possible inthe middle of the deck ortransom, else the boom willhave more sheet on one tackthan on the other. pj It is in our opinion a mis-take to put a topmast with its complication of gearinto… … 37. YACHTING AND SAILING. 45 laced to it. Then the end of the halyard is bent onto A, a position which has been ascertained by ex-periment, and which is marked, or better still, hasa cleat on it to prevent the halyard from slipping.(See Fig. 18 for the topsail halyard bend.) Then the sheet, which…
Yachts and yachting · Sailing
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
