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 52
Fig. 30. … 36 SPLICES, KNOTS, AND TACKLES lowered. On most yachts, however, nowadays, wiretopmast shrouds are used instead of hemp ones, eachshroud having two joints, so that when thetopmast is housed, the lowest joint is un-shackled and stowed away, and the upperjoint, being just of the right length, is set…
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