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Page xiv
... 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 Rotation.- Natural and ...
... 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 Rotation.- Natural and ...
Page xv
... Sail . Warping . Shaking out Reefs . Fore and aft Sails .. Upper Sails . - Taut Gear . - Deadening Way . -Collision . Setting Studding - sails . Taking in Studding - sails . Taking in Sail . Reefing Top - sails . Setting Courses ...
... Sail . Warping . Shaking out Reefs . Fore and aft Sails .. Upper Sails . - Taut Gear . - Deadening Way . -Collision . Setting Studding - sails . Taking in Studding - sails . Taking in Sail . Reefing Top - sails . Setting Courses ...
Page 133
... studding - sail booms , being woolded together form even more than its girth . Top stud - booms are half the length of their yards , and with a top - sail yard and some small spars for filling pieces are readily “ lashed up " into a ...
... studding - sail booms , being woolded together form even more than its girth . Top stud - booms are half the length of their yards , and with a top - sail yard and some small spars for filling pieces are readily “ lashed up " into a ...
Page 170
... studding sail halyards the strops lie on top of the caps , and are seized to the cap bolts on each side . The fore top - mast is also fitted with span fiddle blocks in long pendants on each side for the lower stud sail halyards , and ...
... studding sail halyards the strops lie on top of the caps , and are seized to the cap bolts on each side . The fore top - mast is also fitted with span fiddle blocks in long pendants on each side for the lower stud sail halyards , and ...
Page 171
... studding sail halyards , send the stays down before all , score the rigging in the cross - trees , and reeve it through the rail hoops , and the top - gallant lifts through the thimbles in the shrouds . Lash on the Jacob's ladder abaft ...
... studding sail halyards , send the stays down before all , score the rigging in the cross - trees , and reeve it through the rail hoops , and the top - gallant lifts through the thimbles in the shrouds . Lash on the Jacob's ladder abaft ...
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