Hannay, David, 1853-1934 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 120
must have off bred a grelat surface to the wind. There-fore she must have been very ardent, must have had atendency to come head to wind, and have been very difficultto steer on the wind. Mr. Robert Adams report on herrigging, as far as Hakluyt gives it, shows that she musthave been subject to a… … THE OPENING OF THE OCEAN ROUTES 97 keel to the truck crowning the topgallant mast. But whenused strictly, as it was by Mr. Adams, mainmast meansthe lowest of the divisions of the complete mast—namely,as much as lay between the keel and the maintop. Now,an English seventy-four of 1800 or…
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