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 98
st; when the sail lowers,the line slackens and gives the yardfree play, so that it can be loweredinto the boat. To facilitate the hoisting of the sailthe halyard is fitted with a purchase. This will beunderstood by referring to Fig. 50. It will be seenthat at the end of the halyard a block is… … 82 OPEN SAILING-BOATS To set a balance-lug sail, the yard is first hoistedto the requisite height with the halyard, and thenthe tack is hauled down until the sail stands per-fectly taut and flat. As considerable force has tobe exerted in order to get the tack down, it is usualto have a tack…
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