The elements of navigation : containing the theory and practice, with all the necessary tables, to which is added, a treatise of marine fortification ... (1754)
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776, Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886, former owner. BRL, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL · London : Printed for J. Nourse ... · leaf 300
of Ifore and main fails, by which either of thefe corners are hauled foriaft. When a fhip fails on a wind, the windward tacks are always haforwards, and the leeward fheats aft. The Jlarboard tacks are aboard when the ftarboard fide is txfwiward, and the larboard to leeward. And the larboard tacks… … 0/ fef/*//t del(^A Pag* 1J4- PLANE SAILING. 275 f points between the two courfes, will mew how near the wind thatlip will lie. 705. The moft common cafes in turning to windward may be con-ru£ted by the following precepts. ! Having drawn the meridian and parallel of latitude (or eaft and weftne) in…
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