Small-boat sailing; an explanation of the management of small yachts, half-decked and open sailing-boats of various rigs; sailing on sea and on river; cruising, etc (1902)
Knight, Edward Frederick, 1852- [from old catalog] · New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 101
e rudder down, and the boat falls off beforethe wind (at the risk of capsizing if the breezeis strong), instead of luffing up into it, as all 84 OPEN SAILING-BOATS open sailing-boats should do when left to them-selves. The main and mizzen rigged boat in Fig. 52 haswooden battens in her two lugs… … Fig. 52.—Main and Mizzen, through the reef bands of the sail. The dottedlines in the diagram indicate their position. Thisrig is peculiarly adapted for single-handed sailing ;for a very large sail can be carried with safety if itbe provided with battens, as reefing becomes anexceedingly simple and…
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