Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 428
f of the mainsail. The la-teen sail is remarkable for its lifting capacity,and the jib possesses this quality to an evengreater degree. The fore-and-aft rig derives its ease of han-dling by direct borrowing from the lateen sail,which is as effective as it is simple. The craftof the Ladrone… … PROA, WITH OUTRIGGER. they are by reversing the engines of a ferry-boat. Thus the proa is not obliged to goabout. The same side is always to leeward;and this is flat so that she can be sailed veryclose. The windward side is rounded, and toprevent the proa from capsizing on account of
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