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Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 192
them to the jack stay on the boom or aroundthe boom. The Reef or Square Knot is most frequently used, as its name implies, in reefing sails. First make a plain overhand knot, as in Fig. 122. Then repeat the operation by taking the end and passingit over and under the loop, drawing theparts tight,… … Fig. 121.—Squirming; Jib on Port Side, BoomClose-hauled on Starboard Side. Fig. 132 and 123.—Square or ReefKnot. To Shake Out a Reef, untie the knots, keeping to the Avindward of the sail.Untie the knot at the leach first, next the one at the luff, 174 Sttmmer and then the remaining points. In…
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