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 170
fashioned :—A conicalbag of stout canvas, about five feet in diameter, wasbent on to an iron ring, which was attached to thehawser by a bridle ; a tripping line of light rope wasalso fastened to the pointed end of the drogue, bymeans of which it could be capsized and relieved ofthe pressure of the… … Fig. 66. is ever kept head to wind and sea, and cannot wellpay off or get broadside on to the waves as theyroll by her. If no drogue is carried on board, a very effective
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