. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. hrough blocks as freelywhen wet as dry. Blocks should alwaysbe fitted with patent sheaves. The running rigging of a mainsailconsists of peak and throat halyards,topping lifts, main sheet and peak down-haul. To bend a mainsail, shackle thethroat cringle to the eyebolt under thejaws of the gaff, stretch the head ofthe sail along the gaff, reeve the peakearring through the hole in the end of 164 BOAT SAILING. the gaff and haul it out, securing it inthe manner shown in the earring is represented with theturns passed loosely in order to give
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. hrough blocks as freelywhen wet as dry. Blocks should alwaysbe fitted with patent sheaves. The running rigging of a mainsailconsists of peak and throat halyards,topping lifts, main sheet and peak down-haul. To bend a mainsail, shackle thethroat cringle to the eyebolt under thejaws of the gaff, stretch the head ofthe sail along the gaff, reeve the peakearring through the hole in the end of 164 BOAT SAILING. the gaff and haul it out, securing it inthe manner shown in the earring is represented with theturns passed loosely in order to give theamateur a clear and distinct view of theproper method. It will be seen that a ais the peak end of the gaff ; ^ is a cheekblock for the topsail sheet ; r is a blockfor the peak down haul, used also assignal halyards, hooked to an eyeboltscrewed into the end of the gaff, thehook of the block being moused ; <2^ is ahole in the gaff end through which theearring is passed. The earring is splicedinto the cringle with a long eye It is then passed through d roundthrough the cringle e; through d againand through e again ; then up over thegaff at i and k, down the other side andthrough e again, and so on up round thegaff four or five times ; at the last, in-stead of going up over the gaff again,the earring is passed between the partsround the gaff as shdwn at/, round allthe parts that were passed through d^ asshown at ;;/, and jammed by two halfhitches in and //. If the sail is new from the sailmakersloft, only haul the head out hand taut oryou will ruin it. I have seen yacht skip- RIGGING AND SAILS. 165 pers clap a ^ handy billy tackle on thehead of a new mainsail and haul on it tillthey could get no more. I have seenthem treat the foot in the same way, theresult being a great bag of canvas of nopossible use in beating to windward. Amainsail costs a good deal of moneyand is easily spoiled. One of Mr. JohnM. Sawyers splendidly cut sails canhave all its utility and beauty
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