The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 610
and projectscalled headsails. Sometimes a spar , beyond it, when many headsails arecalled a jibboom is fastened to the | carried. In addition to the main- SAILING 6oi Sailing sail, sloops often carry above it atopsail, called, from its positionabove the gaff, a gaff-topsail, andin light winds… … Sharpy. the stern. The boom of the main-sail is short, to make room for thisnew mast. As has been said, theEnglish sloops called cutters arenarrow and draw a great deal ofwater. To keep them upright inthe water they are loaded with leadat the keel, sometimes with manytons weight. This is called…
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