. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. GEAR FOR HAULING OUT LOOSE-FOOTED MAINSAIL. If the mainsail is of the loose-footedvariety it should be fitted with a tacktricing tackle and a main tack last named is handy for bowsingdown the luff of the sail bar taut forracing. Sweating-up the throat halyardslowers the peak slightly, and peaking thesail slackens the luff. By hauling up onthe main tack tricing tackle till you canget no more, and at the same time lower- RIGGING AND SAILS. 167 ing the peak, the mainsail is ** scandal-ized and the boom can then be gybedover in a strong breeze
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. GEAR FOR HAULING OUT LOOSE-FOOTED MAINSAIL. If the mainsail is of the loose-footedvariety it should be fitted with a tacktricing tackle and a main tack last named is handy for bowsingdown the luff of the sail bar taut forracing. Sweating-up the throat halyardslowers the peak slightly, and peaking thesail slackens the luff. By hauling up onthe main tack tricing tackle till you canget no more, and at the same time lower- RIGGING AND SAILS. 167 ing the peak, the mainsail is ** scandal-ized and the boom can then be gybedover in a strong breeze with the leastpossible risk of carrying away some-thing. To prevent masthoops from jammingwhen the mainsail is being hoisted orlowered, a small line is seized to the fore-side of the top hoop and then to everyhoop down the mast. When the throathalyards are pulled on, the foresides ofthe hoops feel the strain and go up par-allel with the after sides. The accom-panying figure shows this at a It is true that this method has foundlittle favor with amateurs, but I tried itwith great success on my first cruisingcraft, and later on in a yacht of fargreater pretensions. The ^ wrinkle should by no means be despised. UP FOR THE WINTER. THE judicious yachtsman will per-sonally superintend the laying upof his craft. If he has that ines-timable blessing, a good skipper,he should not discharge him at the closeof his summer season. If he does he willbitterly regret it. A yacht requires asmuch watchful care as a baby, and this isespecially true during the trying winterseason. So wise yacht-owners who havein their employ faithful captains shouldhold on to them like grim death to adeceased army mule. Good men arenot too plentiful these times. A few practical suggestions as to pre-paring the vessel for the winter are hereappended. In the first place, sailsshould be well dried before being un-bent, and then should be carefullystopped and labeled, and the same re-mark applies al
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