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 662
nected by a shortrope. Any of these rigs may bemade of light wood and stout cot-ton cloth. The rig is held firmly inthe hands or under the arms, andany one who understands sailinga boat will be able to move in anydirection by its aid, if there is plentyof wind. The English Rig is a small lateensail… … Skate-sailing.—Fig. 4. the disadvantage of being fastenedto the sailor, so that he cannot eas-ily get loose in case of accident. Skate-sails have long been in usein Norway, Denmark, and othernorthern countries (Fig. 5 showsone of the rigs used there), but theyhave only recently been introducedinto…
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