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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... rivers and narrow channels. Long boats are best adapted for wide waters, 'sailing on a bowline,' and 'running free'; and generally, in places where long 'tacks' may be made. HALF-DECKED BOATS. BOATS decked fore and aft, and with a.
... rivers and narrow channels. Long boats are best adapted for wide waters, 'sailing on a bowline,' and 'running free'; and generally, in places where long 'tacks' may be made. HALF-DECKED BOATS. BOATS decked fore and aft, and with a.
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... tack of the mainsail, like the peak end of a sprit-sail, and projects a foot or more in front of the mast according to the size of the boat—the boom being held close to the mast by a strong grommet, and the clew of the sail is then ...
... tack of the mainsail, like the peak end of a sprit-sail, and projects a foot or more in front of the mast according to the size of the boat—the boom being held close to the mast by a strong grommet, and the clew of the sail is then ...
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... the whole of a latine sail, from peak to tack, is laced to a long yard. The sliding-gunter has a short mast, but a long pointed yard, the upper part of which stands high above the mast, though parallel with it, and is.
... the whole of a latine sail, from peak to tack, is laced to a long yard. The sliding-gunter has a short mast, but a long pointed yard, the upper part of which stands high above the mast, though parallel with it, and is.
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... tack-clew, a running lacing is best, and will be found most convenient for casting off when about to trice up the tack. Small metal thimbles must be worked into the luff of these sails, to facilitate the working of the ratline in the ...
... tack-clew, a running lacing is best, and will be found most convenient for casting off when about to trice up the tack. Small metal thimbles must be worked into the luff of these sails, to facilitate the working of the ratline in the ...
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... tacking is avoided. “Satanita,” Yawl Rig. THE DANDY RIG. THE Dandy-rig bears a striking resemblance to the Yawl-rig, the only difference being in the mizzen-sail; which, in the Dandy-rig, is of Bermudian, or jib-like form, and set on ...
... tacking is avoided. “Satanita,” Yawl Rig. THE DANDY RIG. THE Dandy-rig bears a striking resemblance to the Yawl-rig, the only difference being in the mizzen-sail; which, in the Dandy-rig, is of Bermudian, or jib-like form, and set on ...
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