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 87
offering little 70 THE SMALL OPEN SAILING-BOAT resistance to the wind; or again, the sail can bebrailed up in a moment to the mast with thebrailing-lines—you will see them on every Thamesspritsail barge—these lead through blocks on themast or on the mast-hoops, pass through eyeletsin the leach of… … Fig. 46.—Leg-o-Mutton Sail. ^jiWS The Jib-Headed or Leg-of-Mutton sail, likethat represented in Fig. 46, is in some respects the LEG-O-MUTTON SAIL 71 safest of all rigs for a small open boat, and itis very easy to handle. It will be observed thatthe weight of canvas is mostly in the body of…
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