Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 168
gh peak, andthat it is slung at about one-third of its length fromits lower end. In many boats of this class the hal-yard is fastened to an iron mast-traveller, to whichthe yard is hooked; but one serious objection to this 136 Boating plan is that the sail can not be fully lowered into theboat… … Fig. 50. devised for keeping the yard close to the mast, whilehoisting the sail by a halyard merely hooked to athimble on the yard. One of the best-known of these methods is thatadopted by the author on his boat. A line (see Fig. 137 Sports and Games 51) is made fast to the yard some inches above…
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