Young sailor's assistant in practical seamanship including the rules of the road; directions for resuscitating the apparently drowned, etc., etc., together with the salutes ... naval signal flags, Very's lights, and the international code of signals (1893)
Taunt, Emory H · Washington · leaf 253
precisely the sameway. The first thing to be done, is to rig and secure the bow-sprit. The bobstays and bowsprit shrouds are fitted and setup. Almost invariably, as soon as the bowsprit is secure, the topmasts are pointed, and used as derricks for shipping the tops, caps, getting over lower… … TO GET OVER THE FORE TOP. Lash single blocks, for girtlines, to the tenonof the lower mast-head, one on each side. Placethe top on end abaft the mast, the round ox for-ward side uppermost, upper part of the top aft.Reeve the girtlines through the mast-head blocks,€iSending an(j kenci them to the…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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