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Boat sailing in fair weather and foul (1895)

Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York, London, Outing publishing co · leaf 100

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the upper.They reeve through a sheave-hole in thelower masthead and may be set up witha single whip purchase. The lower mastmay be supported with a single wireshroud on each side and, if the doubleheadrig- is carried, with a wire stay tothe stem head. The sail should be lacedto the topmast and… … Sliding Gunter Rig. Fig. 5. 103 BOAT SAILING. iron can be undamped and the topmastlowered down so as to permit the sailto be stowed like a gaff-sail along theboom. With the sail thus furled theboat will ride much easier in a breezeor a seaway. In Fig. 6 the working ofthe rig is shown: i is the…

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