Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 384
hands, and can be at once liftedclear of the lower mast. To keep the sail flat, it ispossible to arrange a collar on the lower mast sothat the boom, when once in position, cannot slipupward and suffer the sail to bag. The balance-lug (shown in Fig. 7) is de-servedly popular with canoeists. It has a… … Slz-U W .1 feet FIG. 5.—A NEW DEVICE. taut, the sail will be stretched smoothly betweenthe two spars. The yard and the boom are heldclosely to the mast by means of parrels, shownby the black lines crossing the mast near A and B. 882 SMALL BOATS: HOW TO RIG AND SAIL THEM. [September, These are…
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