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 97
e owner of aboat of this class on the Thames; and a descriptionof her will serve to give an idea of the up-riverbalance-lug. This boat (see Fig. 50) is built of mahogany; herlength is fifteen feet, and her beam five feet. She 8o OPEN SAILING-BOATS has an iron centre-board, and her ballast… … Fig. 50. when the boat goes about, as is the case with thedipping-lug. It will be observed that the yard has ahigh peak, and that it is slung at about one-third ofits length from its lower end. In many boats of thisclass the halyard is fastened to an iron mast-traveller,to which the yard is hooked;…
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