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 195
nd to bag, the remedy is to shorten the sling until thesail sets flatly. This can never be entirely accomplished,as the sail, being supported by the boom only at the ex-treme outer end and the mast at the other, is very apt tostretch in a stiff breeze. To Make the Sail Set Flat Advancing a step, we… … Fig. I lacing to the boom, along which it may be kept stretchedtightly. Also the tendency of the boom to slide forward iseffaced as it butts up against the mast. In this method amuch lighter spar can be used, as the strain is made to 179 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS come more or less throughout its whole…
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