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 320
goes flying over the ice. The Norwegian Rig. This is a very simple sail to make, as may be seen by referringto Fig. 192. The spars can be made of the same materialas the ones described for the Norton rig. The Norwegian rigrequires a crew of two, and in this particular differs from all therest. The… … Fig. 192.—Norwegian Rig. the stern or ** aft end of the sail, so that he can see to steer.The man in front must hold on and trust to Providence and thesteersman. This is rather an awkward rig, but it has the ad-vantage of carrying two instead of one, and is consequently infavor with people who like…
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