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Page 14
... starboard tack , and when caught on the left side , on the port tack , as the wind will gradually draw aft , and the danger of the ship being taken aback by its heading will be thus avoided . It would carry us beyond the limits of this ...
... starboard tack , and when caught on the left side , on the port tack , as the wind will gradually draw aft , and the danger of the ship being taken aback by its heading will be thus avoided . It would carry us beyond the limits of this ...
Page 119
... starboard side to the foremost one on the port side . In fore - top - masts , it is cut from the after eight square on the port side to the foremost one on the starboard side . This arrangement brings the working top - tackle fall on ...
... starboard side to the foremost one on the port side . In fore - top - masts , it is cut from the after eight square on the port side to the foremost one on the starboard side . This arrangement brings the working top - tackle fall on ...
Page 149
... starboard gantline is bent to the middle of the foremost cross - tree on its upper side , and stopped to the port arm three parts out ; this supposes the cross - tree to be on the starboard side of the deck . When the arm is well over ...
... starboard gantline is bent to the middle of the foremost cross - tree on its upper side , and stopped to the port arm three parts out ; this supposes the cross - tree to be on the starboard side of the deck . When the arm is well over ...
Page 150
... starboard . Bring both gantlines to the starboard side of the mast head ; send the hauling parts down between the cross - trees , and the bending ones abaft the after cross - tree . Lay the half - tops on the deck on their own sides ...
... starboard . Bring both gantlines to the starboard side of the mast head ; send the hauling parts down between the cross - trees , and the bending ones abaft the after cross - tree . Lay the half - tops on the deck on their own sides ...
Page 151
... Starboard Half Top . O Port Half Top . position , and on lowering and bearing off the rim , the middle parts will bear against the bolts , and the top will fall exactly in its place on the cross - trees . In sending up whole tops ...
... Starboard Half Top . O Port Half Top . position , and on lowering and bearing off the rim , the middle parts will bear against the bolts , and the top will fall exactly in its place on the cross - trees . In sending up whole tops ...
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