Boat Sailing and Racing; containing Practical Instructions for Bending and Setting Sails, Trimming, Steering and Handling Boats under all Circumtances of Wind and Weather; descriptions of some interesting and instructive foreign Rigs also some useful hints on Racing, with a View to Winning (1885)
Fitzgerald, C. C. P. Capt. · Griffin and Co. (Portsmouth) · leaf 53
nd handy rig for a gig; thére is very little gear about it, it can be got up and down in a few seconds, and if the mast is properly placed in the, boat, and the sail properly made and properly set, a gig will sail almost as well, not only off the wind, but to windward also, as with any of the… … 30 FOOT GIG. Scale 2 of an inch to a foot. Mast, 17 feet. Yard, 17 feet.
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