What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 154
e pin in the lowermast-head and haulaway (see top partof Fig. 94). Themast will rise intoplace, where it ismade fast. A col-lar of leather, or aknob of some kind,placed on the top-mast just below thering, will act as afulcrum when thehalyards are hauledtaut, and keep themast from workingto and fro.… … Fig. 94.—a New Device. 126 Summer. ease and expedition, leaving only the short lower mast standing. A leg-of-mutton sail with a common boom along the footis shown in the cut as the most easily illustrated application ofthe device, but there is no reason why it may not be applied toa sail of…
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