Kenealy, Ahmed John, 1854- [from old catalog] · New York [etc.] The Outing publishing co. · leaf 133
s conditions ofbreeze and sea, has a tendency to yaw^and fly up in the wind. Thus a strongpuff or a heavy sea striking the boat maymake her swerve from her course in aneffort to broach to. Then the jibtopsaildoes good service as, when it gets fullof wind, it pays the head of the boat offthe wind,… … Diagram No. 6.Dead Beat to Windward, lumpy, follow-ing sea, callsfor the bestworl: of theablest helms-man. A boatwill generallydevelop aninclination tobroach to,which meansto fly up in thewind. Some-times, how-ever, the no-tion may strikeher to run offthe wind so BEATING TO WINDWARD, 185 much as to…
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