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 273
rit 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 be-laying; this is called i:… … Strap aitd toggle, for laniards. How do you set up fore-stays ? Let the collars of the stays down snugly over the eyesof the lower rigging. At the distance of eight or ten feetup the stays, from the upper heart, place canvas to protectthem from chafe, and hook the upper^block of a stay-luffto a…
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