. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. u, CAl UJ n o kl D J ;s c <? •-H % rt n J i: a u S3 ~ J bo THE MODERN FORE-AND-AFT RIG 303 duction of a modern boier yacht (Fig. 103) is froma photograph taken at regatta-time at Amsterdam onthe occasion of Queen Wilhelminas birthday, but thesecraft are to be seen in many a port of Holland and Fries-land. Some of them nowadays have an iron bumpkinprojecting forward of the bows, so as to be able to set. Fig. 105.—Zutdek Zee rig consists of foresail and triangular
. Fore and aft craft and their story; an account of the fore and aft rig from the earliest times to the present day. u, CAl UJ n o kl D J ;s c <? •-H % rt n J i: a u S3 ~ J bo THE MODERN FORE-AND-AFT RIG 303 duction of a modern boier yacht (Fig. 103) is froma photograph taken at regatta-time at Amsterdam onthe occasion of Queen Wilhelminas birthday, but thesecraft are to be seen in many a port of Holland and Fries-land. Some of them nowadays have an iron bumpkinprojecting forward of the bows, so as to be able to set. Fig. 105.—Zutdek Zee rig consists of foresail and triangular mainsail. a larger foresail, but others even add a bowsprit andcarry a jib. There is a funny little example of the fore-and-aftcraft which I have seen nowhere else than on theZuyder Zee. The natives call her a kub-boot, andsome idea of her appearance may be seen from thesketch which is here reproduced in Fig. 105. The boat 304 THE MODERN FORE-AND-AFT RIG itself is certainly, considering its size, a plucky kind ofcraft, and the rig consists of a mast with foresail and atriangular mainsail which is hoisted, of course, by asingle halyard, the lufF of the sail being kept to themast by means of lacing. It is loose-footed, and thereis a good deal of space between the boom itself and thefoot of the sail. The little ship has leeboards like herbigger sisters. Practically this is a trysail, but it is adefinite and regular rig which may be seen in Monni-kendam. The great advantage which it possesses liesin the fact that
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