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Page vii
... course little more than repetitions of defi- nitions and principles which many treatises supply ; and if , in the statement of such principles , well known terms and formulę of expressions have been employed , it must be recollected ...
... course little more than repetitions of defi- nitions and principles which many treatises supply ; and if , in the statement of such principles , well known terms and formulę of expressions have been employed , it must be recollected ...
Page ix
... course or acts suggested are the proper ones to be taken under the circumstances . It will also be observed that in some chapters the ordinary style of this work has been departed from , and another more involving personal address ...
... course or acts suggested are the proper ones to be taken under the circumstances . It will also be observed that in some chapters the ordinary style of this work has been departed from , and another more involving personal address ...
Page xiv
... Courses . - Spanker Head Sails . - Top- gallant Sails and Royals . - Boom Mainsails.- - Trysails . Studding - Sails.- Making Sail . - - - · 272 Furling Sails CHAP . XVIII . ACTION OF WIND UPON SAILS . Area and Centre of Effort , Axis of ...
... Courses . - Spanker Head Sails . - Top- gallant Sails and Royals . - Boom Mainsails.- - Trysails . Studding - Sails.- Making Sail . - - - · 272 Furling Sails CHAP . XVIII . ACTION OF WIND UPON SAILS . Area and Centre of Effort , Axis of ...
Page xv
... Courses . Taking in a Course . Taking Top - sail in , when blowing hard . Sending Top - sail up in bad Weather . Sending a Top - sail up reefed . - Unbending Sails . Shifting Top - gallant Masts . Shifting Top - masts . Shifting Jib ...
... Courses . Taking in a Course . Taking Top - sail in , when blowing hard . Sending Top - sail up in bad Weather . Sending a Top - sail up reefed . - Unbending Sails . Shifting Top - gallant Masts . Shifting Top - masts . Shifting Jib ...
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... courses . 9. Strong gale : close reefs . 10. Whole gale : close reefed main - topsail . 11. Storm : storm staysails . 12. Hurricane : no canvass . WEATHER . b . Blue sky . p . Passing showers . c . Cloudy . q . Squalls . d . Drizzling ...
... courses . 9. Strong gale : close reefs . 10. Whole gale : close reefed main - topsail . 11. Storm : storm staysails . 12. Hurricane : no canvass . WEATHER . b . Blue sky . p . Passing showers . c . Cloudy . q . Squalls . d . Drizzling ...
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