Nutting, William Washburn · New York : The Motor boat Pub. Co. · leaf 229
r shortened rig, butthe wicked seas and the wind, now a full gale, madeit impossible for us to come about. We missedstays as often as we attempted it and the slatting ofthe canvas was terrific, but if we hoped to make theshelter of the island it was necessary to get her onto the starboard tack. In… … this, and underthe terrific strainthe mast crackedat the deck.The shouldercleat at the miz-zen head hadcarried awayjust as it hadwhen we wereapproaching theEnglish Chan-nel. Loweringthe mizzen im-mediately, w eimprovised aforestay fromthe throat hal-yards so thatthe pitching ofthe ship wouldnot…
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