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 126
rks on the horse; thesheet is rove through a double block stropped onto the boom, through the single block, back againthrough the double block, and lastly, through ablock on the deck amidships, from which it is ledto the cleat on which it is belayed. On either side of the sail are the topping… … FlG. 61. no DECKED BOATS lift is hooked on to an eye in an iron band encirclingthe boom ; the hauling part is rove through a singleblock on the hounds of the mast and then leadsdown the mast to terminate in a purchase similarto that used for the throat halyards. The peak downhaul, Fig. 55, ^^, is a…
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