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 201
t a third of thedistance from the mast. The sprit should be about thesame thickness throughout its entire length. In the yardrig the thickest part of the yard should be in about 184 RIGS AND MAKESHIFTS the same relative position to the mast as it is in thegaff. Turning now to the rigging of the… … Fig. 3 a small boat, but No. 6 is more suitable for a larger one.About the only other thing requiring mention in the riggingare the different methods of reeving the sheet-rope. No. 1and No. 2 are the simplest, the only difference between thembeing the positions of the fastened ends. In the first…
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