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 155
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… … **The Latteen Rig is recommended only for boats which are stiff*— not tottllsh,that is. The fact that a considerable portion of the sail pro-jects forward of the mast renders it awkward in case of a sud-den shift of wind. Its most convenientTtJ^ss form is shown in Fig;. Q^^. The arranere-ment for…
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