The sailing boat, a treatise on sailing boats and small yachts, their varieties of type, sails, rig, etc. With practical directions for sailing and management; also, the one-design and restricted classes, fishing and shooting boats, sailing chariots and ice yachts, foreign and colonial boats, canoes, etc., etc (1901)
Folkard, Henry Coleman, 1827-1914 · London, Edward Stanford · leaf 165
oon as the signal is given for the start, the sheets trimmed, and the spare ropesof the halliards coiled and laid in their proper places, every man on board the racingboat should squat or lie down and so remain until required by the sailing-master toperform some duty. The crew should not congregate… … consideration; the weight of one man in the wrong place may make a materialdifference in the trim, and consequently in the sailing of the vessel. The Race.—Those only who have taken part in a spirited sailing match, and joinedin the bold efforts that have led the way to victory, can truly…
Sailing · Boats and boating
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