The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 757
uired to support the bowspritagainst the vertical and lateral strains of the jib. has also its tack-tricing line, which by raising the tack orinner lower corner of the sail enables canvas to be shortenedinstantly on an emergency, or when waiting for any purposeunder sail. The topping-lift fall is… … THE CUTTER. The forestay sail has its halliards, sheets, and downhaul, and bythe aid of thimbles, or eyed hanks, as they are termed, slidesup or down on the forestay. The downhaul is spliced into the head of the sail, and beingled through a small block on the stem-head, is brought aft, sothat in a…
Amusements · Games · Sports
Internet Archive · Boston Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
