On yacht sailing; a simple treatise for beginners upon the art of handling small yachts and boats (1904)
Day, Thomas Fleming, 1861- [from old catalog] · New York and London, The Rudder publishing company · leaf 45
ose to the wind; give herwhat is called a good full, and keep her moving all thetime. Remember, that every wave is a hill that theboat has to climb over, and she needs all the drive possiblein order to do it. You must learn how to help her withthe helm to take these seas easily, first by luffing… … GOING FREE. SAILING OFF THE WIND SAILING off the wind, or going free, is a differentaction from that of saiHng on the wind. SaiHngfree is purely a natural movement, complicated bythe fact that a vessel, owing to her weight obliging her torest in the water, cannot m.ove as freely as a fabric…
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