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 612
f a boat did not SAILING 603 SAILING drift at all sidewise, it could thussail almost directly against the wind ;but drifting prevents this. Thecloser the course is to the wind, themore force there is to make theboat drift, and the less to moveit forward. To be able to sail close to the wind is a… … Fig. 3. strikes on the opposite side of thesail, and swings the boom to theother side of the boat. The moreclosely to the wind the boat is sail-ing, the more nearly in a line withthe boat the sail must be. Thisis arranged by hauling aft the sheet.When the boat is running beforethe wind, the sheet…
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