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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 149

An illustration from Boat sailing in fair weather and foul, 1903, leaf 149
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. Pig. 8. Showing Traveler andHalyards. of the mast and the hauling part rovethrough a block and led aft within easyreach 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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