Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 154
out to describe require nobooms, and are therefore the safest for the novice.A sail that has no boom—a lug, for example—whenthe sheet is let go in a squall, blows away before the 122 Boating wind like a flag, and can not capsize the boat. Thisis not the case with a sail stretched out on a… … Fig. 43.—Mounts Bay Boat. Dipping Lug Mainsail—Standing Lug Mizzen. when running before the wind the sail forms a bag,and does not hold so much wind as it would if itsfoot were extended on a boom. It is only when theboat is on a wind that the boomless sail can be got tostand flat, and then only if…
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