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 323
o make every ounce of air-pressuretell to the best advantage. A Country Rig. The two forked sticks from which the framework of thissail is made must necessarily be nearly of the same dimensionsAfter their endshave been firmlylashed together, asshown by Fig. 196,a sail made of an oldpiece of carpet,… … The Winged Skaters, 295 two over the ice with as much speed as the more elaborateNorwegian sail (Fig. 192). The country sail may not be hand-some, but it possesses the advantage of being easily constructedand costing little or nothing, except the work of cutting andtrimming the spars and sail.…
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