Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 233
THE OLD STYLE OF SKATE-SAILING. to the wind without reefing, that this is hardlynecessary. The cross-yards are quite light. Bamboo, five-eighths of an inch thick at the smaller end, isprobably heavy enough for the largest practicable 2 14 EVERY BOY HIS OWN ICE-BOAT. [January, sail. They must be… … DIAGRAM OF NEW SKATE-SAIL. the spar. To the middle of each yard is firmlylashed a cleat, some three to five inches long (K,in the above diagram)—whose ends are shaped soas to receive and hold the two pieces of the mainspar, when they are sprung apart. Two opposite clews of the sail are now…
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