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 61
ble as being lighter, and capable of easier manipulation in a sea-way ; the boomand other spars required for a large Cutter being found very heavy, and sometimesdangerous, and the sails difficult to reef and manage in strong winds and heavy seas. The Sailing-Boat. There are, however, among the… … THE SCHOONER BIG. The Schooner rig is best adapted to a large cruising yacht, because so much easierin a sea-way, and requiring fewer hands to manage than large yachts of the Cutter andSloop rigs. It is besides a rig that finds favour with the native boatmen and pilots on exposedparts of the coast,…
Sailing · Boats and boating
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