. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. y to the small cruiser. The theoryis precisely the same, and in ordering astorm trysail from his sailmaker theaspiring owner of a smart, seaworthycruiser might well be guided by the fewhints given above. A gaff headed trysailis just what he wants to steady his boatwhen hove to, and to counteract thattendency toward rolling that outsidelead always has on the hull of a boat ina seaway. When coming to anchor at any othertime than low water, do not forget toallow for the fall of the tide. For in-stance, if you bring up in lo feet ofwater when the tide is hi
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. y to the small cruiser. The theoryis precisely the same, and in ordering astorm trysail from his sailmaker theaspiring owner of a smart, seaworthycruiser might well be guided by the fewhints given above. A gaff headed trysailis just what he wants to steady his boatwhen hove to, and to counteract thattendency toward rolling that outsidelead always has on the hull of a boat ina seaway. When coming to anchor at any othertime than low water, do not forget toallow for the fall of the tide. For in-stance, if you bring up in lo feet ofwater when the tide is high, in a boatdrawing, say 5 feet, and the range of riseand fall is also 5 feet, at low water yourvessel would be aground and perhapsunder imtoward circumstances in danger KEEP YOUR WE A THER-EYEOPEN, 87 of damage or even total loss. This hintis worth remembering in many parts ofthe world, especially in some parts ofthe Bay of Fundy, where there is arange of no less than 50 feet! Sound-ings on the chart denote the depth atmean low THE YACHT. NO matter how small a craft theyachtsman owns she will, after awinters lay-up, require a gooddeal of attention before she is fitfor the water ; and there is no reasonwhy a keen yachtsman who owns a tidylittle craft should not fit her out himselfin his spare time. In fact, I am acquaint-ed with many boat-owners who findnearly as much delight in getting theirown vessels into proper fettle for theseasons sport as they do in navigatingthem. There is much to be said in favorof this enterprise. The principal argu-ment is that a man overhauling the hullof the boat which belongs to him willnot be at all likely to scamp the the contrary, it is to his interest to dothe job thoroughly while he is about it,for he is improving his own property ;whereas if he employs a mechanic to doit by piece work, or by the day, the taskmay be performed in a manner more orless perfunctory, or at any rate withoutthe attention to minor det
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