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 105
jib or spinnaker at will.The after end of the bowsprit is fitted to an irongooseneck on the mast which allows it to workfreely in all directions. The bowsprit does notpass through a gammon iron, neither is it otherwisefixed to the stem of the boat, but has attached to it 88 OPEN SAILING-BOATS a… … Fig. 54.—Half-decked Boat. and it acts as a bowsprit. When one is runningbefore the wind the line is slacked off, and by meansof one of the two guys attached to the end of it thespar is swung round, on the gooseneck as pivot, to HALF-DECKED BOAT 89 the required side, until it is at right angles to…
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