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Boat sailing in fair weather and foul (1903)

Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York [etc.] The Outing publishing co. · leaf 147

An illustration from Boat sailing in fair weather and foul, 1903, leaf 147
ich is illustratedin Fig. 8, is quite a popular rig, and ithas much in its favor. The sail is lacedto a yard and boom and is hoisted by asingle halyard rove through a sheave-hole in the masthead and spliced to theeye of the hook of a galvanized-irontraveler, to which a strop on the yardis hooked,… … Balance Lug Rig. Fig. 8. Showing Traveler andHalyards. of the mast and the hauling part rovethrough a block and led aft within easy-reach of the helmsman. The tack shouldbe made fast to the boom and set upto the mast thwart after being passedround the mast. The main sheet shouldwork on a…

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