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 72
at what part of the boatsside the lee-board was most effective, he fitted an ironpin (see the Fig.) on either gunwale. A rope wasthen rove through the head of the lee-board, and LEE-BOARDS 55 knotted so as to prevent it from slipping through.The other end of the rope was made fast to a cleatat the… … Fig. 42.—Lee-board. either iron pin, kept the lee-board in its place, andprevented it from sliding aft. Another rope, rovethrough a hole at the lower end of the lee-board,led aft, and served to raise it. The above is thesimplest method of fitting lee-boards, and the resultwill be found to be…
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