The small yacht, its management and handling for racing and sailing, with chapters on construction (1909)
Boardman, Edwin Augustus, 1876- [from old catalog] · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 268
boats is almost asnecessary as a good hull and helmsman, asthey balance on a narrow fin, are long over-all, with the rig well inboard, and turn in avery short radius. Of course, in light weatherthe helm will be carried amidships, or pos-sibly a little lee helm is felt in very lightdrifts, but the… … O be C o o GO(X) oXi C o B 0) o c 3 J25 ITS MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING It is in reaching that the boat will gripe, thenbeing very hard on her helm, and to offsetthis trouble, trim the jib more or less flat andease off the mainsail slightly and she will atonce show better speed. The rig on several of…
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