d the strop without showing any wrinkles. The best form of block for yachting purposes isthe patent iron-stropped block; the lignum vitceshell being fastened over the strop. Iron blocks should never be used in a smallyacht. They are only necessary on large craft,where chain halyards are employed.^… … 48 AQUATIC GUIDE. The difference between a cutter and a yawl isthat the latter bas not so big a mainsail as the cut-ter; the main boom does not project over the stern,but is all inboard, thus permitting of a small miz-zen-mast being stepped right aft. (Fig. 40.) \ yacht rigged as a cutter will,…
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