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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 69

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rom ^ broach- 72 BOAT SAILING. ing to, which means flying up in thewind ; or from being brought by thelee, which means running off so as tobrmg the wind on the other quarter.A long, narrow boat will always runbefore the wind better than a short,beamy craft, as she is better adaptedfor taking the… … FLOATING ANCHOR IN USE. lish work, and is not unlikely to beattended with peril. If you have notrysail, reef the mainsail and lower thepeak. Hoist on the weather toppinglift so as to keep the boom as high aspossible out of the water. By no meansrun a boat before the wind until it blowstoo hard and…

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