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
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 … Fig. 67. one can be extemporised by bending one side of asmall jib or other sail to a spar and riding to that(Fig. 6y). The hawser must be attached to the K * 154 SEAMANSHIP middle of a rope about twice the length of the spar,the rope being made fast at either end to the ex-tremities of the spar,…
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