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 96
cle, to keep it in its place against the mast, alsoon the slings of topsail, top-gallant, and royal yards. What is the heel of a spar ? The lower end. What is the head? The upper end. What is a fid hole ? A hole in the heel of a topmast or topgallant-mast, forthe fid. What is a fid? A bar of iron… … 7<D YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. and across the trestle-trees, to support a topmast or top-gallant-mast. Fids should have laniards attached, to pre-vent their falling from aloft. IVJiaf is a preventer fid? A short fid passed through a hole in the mast about twofeet above the fid hole. It is put in…
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