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 272
he batten should have to the deck in order that itmay have the assigned angle to the keel. Draw a fore-and-aft line from the centre of the mast,place the end of the batten on it, either before or abaft themast as most convenient; mark where the ends take themast and deck, with a couple of nails,… … Staying Lower mast.The bowsprit having been secured, the shrouds and bob-stays set up, the gammoning set up with nut and screw,the foremast is then stayed. It is first got into positionby hooking two pendant tackles to the forward legs of themast-head pendants, leading them aft, setting taut and…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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