. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. the staysail is big, the mizzen being some-what smaller than is usual in ketches. There are thosewho insist on what they call a * ketchy-yawl ; in otherwords, a yawl rig with the mizzen larger than is usualin a yawl. But amongst others I would prefer to havethe advantage of a yawl-like ketch, by which you havea good-sized mainsail to drive the ship along, and yetyour comparatively small mizzen is mostly inboard andprojects but little abaft the stern. And so it will beseen in the
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. the staysail is big, the mizzen being some-what smaller than is usual in ketches. There are thosewho insist on what they call a * ketchy-yawl ; in otherwords, a yawl rig with the mizzen larger than is usualin a yawl. But amongst others I would prefer to havethe advantage of a yawl-like ketch, by which you havea good-sized mainsail to drive the ship along, and yetyour comparatively small mizzen is mostly inboard andprojects but little abaft the stern. And so it will beseen in the sail-plan (Fig. 89). The mainsail and mizzenare loose-footed and no patent reefing-gear is used, butdouble reefing cringles are attached to the leach of themainsail. The foot of the staysail is cut rather high,and thus prevents the sail from being so depressingas it might be through driving the wind down on tothe deck from the canvas. From a little abaft wherethe helmsman sits right away to the bows on bothsides of the ship a useful and stout rail runs round,which will give ample protection to the crew in bad. O oi THE MODERN FORE-AND-AFT RIG 289 weather. Just as secure as a bulwark it has none of thelatters disadvantages, for because of its being open itallows the water to flow off as rapidly as the seas areshipped. In the old-fashioned type of English craft the highbulwark was really a delusion. True, it did affordsome protection, but because it held on its lee-sidesuch quantities of water before the latter could escapethrough the scuppers it actually detracted from theseaworthiness of the ship quite as proportionately as itadded thereto. Three shrouds on either side are seento support the mainmast, which, by the way, has nospreader. There are no runners or backstays at mizzen is supported by a single shroud on eitherside, but placed well forward of the mast. There arethose who would say that the rudder looks unsightlyplaced as it is in these craft, but that is only
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