Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 150
d sides. Having deter-mined by experiment at what part of the boats sidethe lee-board was most effective, he fitted an iron pin 118 Boating (see the Fig.) on either gunwale. A rope was thenrove through the head of the lee-board, and knottedso as to prevent it from slipping through. The otherend of… … F:g. 42.—Lee-board. rope, being always passed over the fore side of eitheriron pin, kept the lee-board in its place, and pre-vented it from sliding aft. Another rope, rovethrough a hole at the lower end of the lee-board, ledaft, and served to raise it. The above is the simplestmethod of fitting…
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