Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations (1887)
Cozzens, Frederic Schiller, 1846-1928 · New York, Cassell & company, ltd · leaf 49
culty inreducing the forward canvas. A reef wasclumsy in a jib; a bonnet — for a yacht —nine-tenths of whose service is in wholesail breezes, was scarcely to be thought of,and a bob jib was an abomination.With the double-head sail, the difficulty isobviated, and generally, the small jib canbe… … fKd.5.Co33e^s at the first introduction of the double-headsails, was that, in racing, they took in thejib first. This should never be done, aslong as it can be carried; as there is butslight propelling power in the staysail. The advantage, however, of the largejib is so apparent, that some of the…
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