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 57
flag.When racing, the club flag is carried at tip of the topmast,and the private flag is fastened on the mainsail leech, justbelow the gaff. If two or more models are racing, a numbershould be printed in black on a small piece of white cloth,say one and a half by three inches, and pinned on each… … Fig. 2 SAILS, SHEER PLAN, CROSS-SECTION, AND DECK VIEWS OF THE KEEL BOAT rectly against it, so as to return with a free wind. Theother way is to make a triangular course. September andthe first part of October is the very best time in the yearto sail miniature yachts. Chapter IV HOW TO MAKE A TOY…
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