Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York [etc.] The Outing publishing co. · leaf 135
^ points fromthe direction of port. Let her speedunder these conditions be, say, fourknots per hour.Now, if the yardsare checked in apoint or so, andthe vessel bekept off NW byW, she will slipaway much fasterthrough the water,and probably willmake not morethan half a pointleeway. This keepsthe… … BEATING TO WINDWARD, 139 sag to leeward by jamming her up inthe wind. Keep your wake right astern,unless it be found from the bearing ofthe port that the course made good isactually taking the vessel away from it,in which case it is obvious that the lessthe speed the better. This excellent counsel…
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