Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 159
again, the sail can be brailed up in a mo-ment to the mast with the brailing-lines; these leadthrough blocks on the mast or on the mast-hoops, passthrough eyelets in the leach of the sail, and so goright round the sail. On hauling on these lines the 127 Sports and Games sail is snugly furled up… … Fig. 46.—Leg-o-Mutton Sail. safest of all rigs for a small open boat, and it is veryeasy to handle. It will be observed that the weightof canvas is mostly in the body of the boat, and thatthere is very little weight aloft. The sail is laced tothe mast, which need be but a light spar, as it has…
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