. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. Sliding Gunter Rig. Fig. 5. 152 BOAT SAILING, iron can be tmclamped and the topmastlowered down so as to permit the sailto be stowed like a gaff-sail along theboom. With the sail thus furled theboat will ride much easier in a breezeor a seaway. In Fig. 6 the working ofthe rig is shown: i is the lower mast,2 the topmast, 3 the halyards, 4 theupper ring, or traveler, with a clamp 1^. Detail of Sliding Gunter Rig, Fig. 6. and pin to permit the lowering of thetopmast, 5 the lower ring or traveler,which is fitted with a hinge at 6 ; 7 isthe gooseneck of the
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. Sliding Gunter Rig. Fig. 5. 152 BOAT SAILING, iron can be tmclamped and the topmastlowered down so as to permit the sailto be stowed like a gaff-sail along theboom. With the sail thus furled theboat will ride much easier in a breezeor a seaway. In Fig. 6 the working ofthe rig is shown: i is the lower mast,2 the topmast, 3 the halyards, 4 theupper ring, or traveler, with a clamp 1^. Detail of Sliding Gunter Rig, Fig. 6. and pin to permit the lowering of thetopmast, 5 the lower ring or traveler,which is fitted with a hinge at 6 ; 7 isthe gooseneck of the boom to whichthe foot of the sail is laced. Reefing issimple. Lower away on the halyards,make fast the cringle on the luff of thesail, at whatever reef band is desired, tothe gooseneck on the boom. Haul outthe corresponding reef earing, make itfast, tie your reef points and hoist up Combinati07i Rowing a^id Sailing Boats. 158 the sail again by the halyards. A top-ping lift is necessary. The spritsail is not often seen in thesewaters, but it is a good sail for a smallboat. I warn the beginner, however,against its use in a craft of any preten-sions to size, for he will find the heavysprit much more difficult to handle thana gaff. A spritsail is similar in shapeto the mainsail of a cutter, with the peakhigher and the foot shorter, as in Fig. sprit is a spar which crosses thesail diagonally from luff to peak. It
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