Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 174
often pro-vided with jibs and mizzens. For river and smoothwater sailing the single-handed sailor had best con- 142 Boating fine himself to one sail; it is difficult to see what ad-vantage he can gain by having more. Even if he de-cide to carry a mizzen as well as a mainsail in hisboat, he should… … Fig. 53.—Sloop. canvas is far more effective if it be all put into onesail than if it be divided into several sails; and thisis more especially the case when a boat is on a wind.It is only because huge sails are difficult to handlethat seagoing vessels have so many sails—an objectionthat does not…
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