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 111
t ; for the great leverageexercised by this long over-lie 57- hanging spar tends to drivethe vessels bows into the seas. It is thereforeimportant that the bowsprit should come in readily.The gammon iron should be large; and the fidshould be stout, else the strain on it may cause itto bend, and so… … CUTTERS BOOM 95 unless it is sufficiently stout the spar buckles, orbends, and the sail can no longer stand flat. Thechief strain comes upon the centre of the boom, sothat it is always made thicker in that part and istapered away towards either end. The weight of a cutters boom, and the leverageof…
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