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mper,would run with safety, steering easily, before theheaviest squall. The Sliding-GuntER (Fig. 48) is the favorite ^33 sports and Games rig of the Bermudas. A boat thus rigged has a veryshort mast. The sail is of triangular shape, and theupper portion of its luff is laced to a long yard. Thisyard… … Fig. 48.—Sliding Gunter. end is fastened to the yard at the upper iron, or, bet-ter still, passes through an eye on the upper iron, andis made fast at the heel of the yard. The lower por-tion of the luff of the sail is held to the mast by alacing. In reefing, the yard is lowered to the…
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