The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 505
they are drawn on a scale ofan eighth of an inch to a foot. Fig. 1 is a boat ofthe same size as that which follows it, although here shown ona smaller scale. She is seen in our illustration without the which is unnecessary; in fact, a sternpost more approachingthe perpendicular has considerable… … Fig. 6. jib, a method of rigging that is much followed in the boats ofwatermen, particularly at Plymouth. It is useful, especiallyfor running short distances, and particularly applicable whengoing alongside shipping, when a bowsprit or outrigger forthe jib would be found very much in the way. Fig.…
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