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 167
\ MAKING DOCK BEFORE THE WIND MAKING DOCK CLOSE HAULED Fig. 8 150 LESSON WITH TILLER AND SHEET up, as there is of not killing it sufficiently. In the lattercase, if you see the boat after rounding up has too muchmomentum for you to check easily by standing in the bow, … drop the center-board and weigh on it. The dragging ofthe board on the bottom will form a most effective brake.It is a bad thing to get into this practice, because, thoughmost docks are in comparatively shallow water and it willact all right, it may be necessary to make a deep-water 151 BOATING…
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