Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York [etc.] The Outing publishing co. · leaf 155
feet on the water lineshould be fitted with top-masts, the rigging ofwhich is shown in thecut. The running bowspritis almost obsolete now-a-,days, but the device stillfinds favor with certainowners of cutters andyawls of large size. Itcertainly has its advan-tages. The length of thebowsprit is… … RIGGING AND SAILS. 159 materially reduced forward and thepitching consequently lessened. Thejib also sits well and does its work, andis far preferable to that horror of horrorsthe *^ bobbed jib of a sloop, whichalways makes a sailors flesh creep whenhe sees it. How it has managed to sur-vive is a…
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