on deck and reefed at leisure by-one hand; while the vessel, hove to under foresail and mizzen, is allowed to takecare of herself. When one isalone on board a cutter, and itbecomes necessary to reef, thetask is a difficult and often adangerous one. As the mizzen of a yawl issometimes just before… … Fig. 4t» very small sail, and in a large majority of yachtsof this rig it appears ridiculously small, and canhave only an inappreciable effect on the vessel.
Yachts and yachting · Sailing
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