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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 163

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is represented with theturns passed loosely in order to give theamateur a clear and distinct view of theproper method. It will be seen that a ais the peak end of the gaff ; ^ is a cheekblock for the topsail sheet ; r is a blockfor the peak down haul, used also assignal halyards, hooked to an… … It is then passed through d roundthrough the cringle e; through d againand through e again ; then up over thegaff at i and k, down the other side andthrough e again, and so on up round thegaff four or five times ; at the last, in-stead of going up over the gaff again,the earring is passed between…

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