152 CANOE TRAVELLING. jib sheets and dandy outhaul, but is not strong enough for halliards, lee-board, or topping-lift. … Pumps.—A. well-fitted pump would be a great comfort when on a trip some miles from land during bad weather. I have had several times to heave to most carefully in a heavy sea, and to waste time and drift to leeward, whilst baling out the water, which gets in round the mast and from behind one. In…
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