Sailing Boats from Around the World: The Classic 1906 TreatiseCourier Corporation, 6 de out. de 2012 - 576 páginas Comprehensive, profusely illustrated book documents early-20th-century sailing. Includes detailed, instructional manual for beginning and experienced sailors, review of small vessels then in use; racing boats, odd and experimental vessels, and more. Over 380 line drawings and photographs, including body, deck, and sail plans. Nautical vocabulary. Indexes. Bibliography. |
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... spars required for a large Cutter being found very heavy, and sometimes dangerous, and the sails difficult to reef and manage in strong winds and heavy seas. There are, however, among the pleasure squadron, cutter yachts up to, and even ...
... spars required for a large Cutter being found very heavy, and sometimes dangerous, and the sails difficult to reef and manage in strong winds and heavy seas. There are, however, among the pleasure squadron, cutter yachts up to, and even ...
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... spars, and the facility with which one or more of the masts may be struck, and the boat relieved of the heavy pressure of top-hamper; a great advantage in bad weather. A large and well-appointed lugger, with two or three masts, is ...
... spars, and the facility with which one or more of the masts may be struck, and the boat relieved of the heavy pressure of top-hamper; a great advantage in bad weather. A large and well-appointed lugger, with two or three masts, is ...
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... spars, and sails with less labouring in a sea-way than one with a single heavy mast, boom and gaff sail. Pilots, on approaching ships at sea, arc enabled to lower a lugsail in an instant, and strike the mast, to avoid collision with any ...
... spars, and sails with less labouring in a sea-way than one with a single heavy mast, boom and gaff sail. Pilots, on approaching ships at sea, arc enabled to lower a lugsail in an instant, and strike the mast, to avoid collision with any ...
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... spars are—mast, hoist, 30 feet; boom (length), 35 feet; gaff, 27 feet; bowsprit (outside stem), 14 feet. This boat is managed by a crew of four ; and in fine weather by three. The most difficult and laborious work in relation to these ...
... spars are—mast, hoist, 30 feet; boom (length), 35 feet; gaff, 27 feet; bowsprit (outside stem), 14 feet. This boat is managed by a crew of four ; and in fine weather by three. The most difficult and laborious work in relation to these ...
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... spars spliced together, the thickest part being in the middle. Good sound bamboo spars suitable for latine sails were, until recently, very difficult to procure in England, though found in abundance in far Eastern lands. The latine rig ...
... spars spliced together, the thickest part being in the middle. Good sound bamboo spars suitable for latine sails were, until recently, very difficult to procure in England, though found in abundance in far Eastern lands. The latine rig ...
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