Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 34
do not steer exactly the samecourse ; some skippers keep their craft [nearerthe wind than others ; but for all that you willfind, if you try to draw any fleet of boats fromnature, that the knowledge of these rules willhelp you to draw them much more correctly thanwould be possible from merely… … Looking to leeward, that is to say, towards thepoint your hat would fly to it it were blown off,you will have the vanishing-point of the windsomewhere near the middle of your subject. Ihave marked the spot with a windmill. The twopoints from which the vessels on the port andstarboard tacks are…
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