Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing (1912)
Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gerard), 1870-1959, ed · New York, London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 155
teersman, andafter you are accustomed to handling it you can then try thedeck aft of the cockpit. This is the position of the sheet-tender in racing, and, in fact, is the only place where hismovements are entirely unhampered, and he is out of theway of the steersman. As to the position to take when… … Fig. 1i39 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS well apart and the knees bent. The rope is hauled in witha rapid, steady, hand-over-hand motion, and allowed tofall in a loose coil between the feet. When it is desired, therope is paid out with a hand-over-hand motion in theopposite direction. Under no circumstances…
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