The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 270
th sailsand ballast should be so trimmed that the boat may be nearlyin equilibrio, although not quite, and that the excess of powershould be in the direction from which the wind comes, that isto say, against it, for the sake of safety. The trimming ofballast to windward has often been adopted in… … PAIR OAR WITH TWO LUGS FORE-LUG CHINESE. her canvas, but on the contrary, by falling off, would feel itswhole pressure, which, if greater than her stability, must capsizeher. If the boat comes up to the wind, and will not fall offwhen the helm is put up, she is said to be headstrong, and theremedy…
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